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1861 – 1957 (in Fort Wayne)
Founded: The synod's combined high school and junior college, founded in Perry County, Missouri in 1839 and moved to St. Louis in 1847, came to Fort Wayne in 1861 in the swap with the seminary. On the German gymnasium plan it prepared men for seminary study.
Course: By 1889 it had 200 students and eight instructors. It granted associate degrees from 1952. Its high-school department was merged with the Luther Institute in 1935 and lives on as Concordia Lutheran High School (third rung).
Fate: When Concordia Senior College opened in 1957, the old college closed. Its 20-acre campus went to Indiana Tech: the college's magazine dates Indiana Tech's purchase to 1953, while the Concordia Lutheran High School history dates the sale of the campus remainder to 1958, after the closure — the two accounts are carried as they stand.
Sources:
- Concordia College (Indiana) (Wikipedia) — Perry County 1839; St. Louis 1847; Fort Wayne 1861; closed 1957.
- Concordia Lutheran High School history (the 1958 campus-remainder sale); Indiana Tech Magazine (the 1953 purchase).