# Lockefield Gardens

Indianapolis, IN · garden-apartments · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-75d586eb59` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/in/indianapolis-lockefield-gardens/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-75d586eb59.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-75d586eb59.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-75d586eb59

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing, mixed | none |
| What is there now | The area now serves as an apartment complex on the IUPUI university campus, although urban professionals are invited to live there as well. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 22.0 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Lockefield Gardens was the first public housing built in Indianapolis. Constructed during the years 1935 to 1938, it was built exclusively for low income African-Americans in Indianapolis. The complex was closed in 1976, and a number of structures were demolished in the early 1980s. The only original structures remaining are those along Blake Street.


== History ==


=== Construction ===
Due to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, the Public Works Administration funded fifty low-cost public housing projects in twenty states in what were previously slum areas. Indianapolis was chosen to have one of these renovations; it would be the first major public housing within Indiana's capital city.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockefield_Gardens

## Sources

- Lockefield Gardens — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockefield_Gardens

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lockefield Gardens, Indianapolis, IN." Record n-75d586eb59, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/in/indianapolis-lockefield-gardens/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_indianapolislockefieldgardens,
  title = {Lockefield Gardens, Indianapolis, IN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/garden-apartments/in/indianapolis-lockefield-gardens/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-75d586eb59, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.