Normal Hall (Ladoga, Indiana) Explained

Normal Hall
Location:Jct. of W. Main and Harrison Sts., NW corner, Ladoga, Indiana
Coordinates:39.9139°N -86.8042°W
Built:, 1907
Architect:Huntington, Hiram
Architecture:Italianate, Greek Revival
Added:January 11, 1996
Refnum:95001533

Normal Hall, also known as Ladoga Normal School, Ladoga High School, and American Legion Post #324, is a historic school building located at Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1878, and is a two-story, three bay by six bay, Greek Revival / Italianate style brick building. It has a hipped roof topped by an open cupola, originally a bell tower added in 1907. It is the only remaining building associated with the Central Indiana Normal School, which relocated in 1878 to Danville, Indiana to become Canterbury College. It housed local schools until 1917, then housed an armory, and an American Legion post after 1944.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Normal Hall. 2016-05-01. Mark Dollase . Conrad Harvey . Andrew Houk . PDF. May 1995. and Accompanying photographs.