Minnie Hartmann Center
Affordable Senior Adult Housing & Full-Day Child Daycare Center at old IPS 78
3734 E. Vermont Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46201
For leasing/housing information at Minnie Hartmann Center, call: 317.264.1833
Features:
- Adaptive reuse of a vacant Indianapolis Public School 78 elementary school
- First part of building was constructed in 1923
- Named for a PTA volunteer champion of the school
- Location: Sherman Drive between Michigan and New York Streets; adjacent to Sherman Park and Grace Tuxedo neighborhood
- 64 units of housing for low-income senior adults 55+
- Full-day child daycare center for 150+ children operated by Shepherd Community Center; coaching by Daystar Daycare
- An intergenerational shared site – interactive programs engaging children with seniors (first in Indiana!)
- Developed by Near East Area Renewal (NEAR) and TWG; to be owned/operated by NEAR
- Multiple-use gymnasium/community gathering center
- Approximately 96,000 square feet of living and daycare space
- Construction began: January 2018; Opens: Spring 2019
- Development cost: $12,454,541; awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits by IHCDA
- Easy access to IndyGo transit lines (Route 3) and bikeways (Michigan & NY)
- .3 miles from Linwood Square shopping center; 2.9 miles from Monument Circle/downtown Indianapolis
- NGBS Emerald Rating for environmental and energy efficiency