Endangered Status
In 2009, the Home's complex of buildings was listed on the Indiana Landmarks "10 Most Endangered" list due to the Home's architectural significance and the uncertainty of its future viability. The state announced that following the 2009 graduation on 23 May 2009, the Home would be closed and the remaining students dispersed to public schools.
At the end of 2011, the entire Home complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thirty-one of the fifty-one buildings in the complex qualified as contributing properties, as did the cemetery and the entire grounds. The majority of the non-contributing buildings are small semi-permanent structures; enough large historic buildings remain that the property's sense of space and place is not diminished.
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