PROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Roberts School Flats Masonry Wall Consulting | Indianapolis, IN CLIENT Core Redevelopment, LLC BACKGROUND Built in 1936, James E. Roberts School #97 was funded with grant money from the post-Depression era Public Works Administration’s New Deal and generous donations from James E. Roberts and his wife Henrietta. Designed by Indianapolis architects McGuire and Shook, James E. Roberts School #97 was the first school to be designed for Indianapolis children with physical handicaps. Once on Indiana Landmark’s 10 Most Endangered Buildings list, this twentieth-century landmark— known today as Roberts School Flats—was renovated and adapt

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