Ridley College (also known as Bishop Ridley College, Ridley or RC) is a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 20 miles (32 km) from Niagara Falls. The school provides both the Ontario Secondary School Diploma as well as the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate curricula. Originally established as an Anglican-affiliated all-boys school in 1889, Ridley became coeducational in 1973. Established in 1889, the school was founded by a group of Anglican clergymen intending to provide boys in Ontario with an education that emphasized strong academic and religious values. Named after Nicholas Ridley, a 16th century churchman in England martyred during the Protestant Reformation, the school was originally known as Bishop Ridley College. The school's first campus, known as the Springbank campus, was integrated into the then-recently closed hotel of the same name constructed in 1864 by Dr. Theophilus Mack on Yates Street in St. Catharines. In 1903, the Springbank campus was destroyed as a result of a fire.