A $102 million state archives building near the Indiana Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis is expected to start construction this summer. The 5-story, 133,000-square-foot building will replace a decaying warehouse on the east side of the state capitol. Presently, it holds Indiana’s official archives and many of its treasures. Last week, the State Budget Committee received final approval for construction to start.
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The new building will include offices for staff involved in maintaining the state archives and cutting-edge processing and imaging facilities. Additionally, climate-controlled storage, and adaptable meeting and event space. Furthermore, there will be an underground tunnel linking it to other structures on the state government campus.
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“Once finished, the new building will make sure that the Indiana Archives have the space they require to carry out their agency’s mandate. According to Matt Kent, chief financial officer of the Indiana Department of Administration, the building will create a safer environment for the archival archives. It will also those data much easier to access for visitors.
The site, a narrow grassy sliver of land between the Central Canal and the Indiana Government Center North Parking Garage, will see the start of construction in August, according to Kent. For construction purposes, one lane each on Ohio and New York streets will be shut down.
According to Kent, vertical construction on the new archives building will begin in the spring of 2024. It will be ready for use by late 2025 or early 2026. The current visitor centre and check station at the location, according to the Department of Natural Resources, was built in the 1950s and is no longer adequate to accommodate visitors who come to hunt or fish or the sizable throngs who come to see the area’s yearly sandhill crane migration.
