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| Indiana (Hendricks County), Danville — 32.2001.2 — Central Normal College | | | Organized 1876 at Ladoga as second private Indiana normal school specializing in teacher training. Based on Alfred Holbrook's techniques at his normal college in Lebanon, Ohio which pioneered teacher training in America. Central Normal College was moved 1878 to old Danville Academy building. The campus eventually consisted of five buildings.
Central Normal College, last self-supporting private normal school in Midwest, closed 1946. School reopened as Canterbury College by Episcopal Church; . . . — Map (db m239) | | Indiana (Hendricks County), Danville — 32.2001.1 — Danville’s Carnegie Library | | | (Side one):
At May 1902 meeting newly-formed Library Board authorized lot purchase and tax levy to support a public library as required by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for funding. Designed by S. C. Dark of Indianapolis in Classical Revival Style; built 1902-1903; dedicated 1903 as Danville Public Library with approximately 1,000 volumes.
(Side two):
Library has played major role in community's educational and cultural development. Additions built 1979 and 1999, . . . — Map (db m238) | | Indiana (Hendricks County), Danville — 32.2000.1 — Danville’s Main Street Historic District | | | (Side One) Residential district bounded by Main, East, Cross, and Marion streets. Nineteenth and early twentieth century homes reflect social and economic diversity of residents, including town’s prominent citizens. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1994.
(Side Two) Part of original 1824 Danville plat; county seat of Hendricks County, formed by Indiana General Assembly 1824. Lies west of downtown commercial area and reflects town’s growth and prosperity. Town was market . . . — Map (db m237) | | Indiana (Hendricks County), Danville — Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial | | |
[ Smaller Stone Marker ]
In Memory of
All Deceased Veterans
OF ALL WARS
Buried in Hendricks County
[ Bronze Marker ]
Hendricks County
War Memorial
This memorial is dedicated to the Hendricks County servicemen that have answered the call of duty. To these gallant servicemen, we add our heartfelt thanks for a job well done.
The memorial was just a Jaycee dream back in 1989 and that dream became reality on Dedication Day, July 4, 1992 thanks to the . . . — Map (db m19451) |
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