 Valparaiso Collegiate Institute

Valparaiso Collegiate Institute was an institution of secondary education in Valparaiso, Indiana.It was opened in 1861 by the Presbyterians in the community after the Methodists on September 21, 1859, had opened the Valparaiso Male and Female College, the forerunner to Valparaiso University of the Lutheran University Association.The Collegiate Institute was located on the lot where the city's Central Elementary School now stands.