Canterbury College, formerly Central Normal College, was a private institution founded in the state of Indiana, United States, in 1876 as part of the larger state-wide university system. The school was located in Ladoga, Indiana, but was moved to Danville, Indiana in 1878 after purchasing the former Danville Academy buildings. The school taught traditional college courses, but primarily focused on training teachers. Over 75,000 teachers were trained while the school was in operation. In 1942 the school buildings were sold to the Episcopal Church who renamed it Canterbury College, but it continued as a teacher training institution. The college was closed because of bankruptcy in 1951. The old Administration Building and the Chapel were torn down, but Hargrave Hall and the C.C. Bostick Gymnasium were used as the Danville Community High School and then the Danville Community Middle School until 2009. It is now used for Ivy Tech classes in conjunction with Danville Community High School and is now referred to as Central Normal Campus.
The school's alumni include Governor Samuel Ralston, Congressman William Larrabee, William La Follette, Vic Aldridge, John Cravens, and human development psychologist Lewis Terman.[1]