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  • Built over two years as a Works Progress Administration project, the building opened in 1938 as the Indianapolis Naval Reserve Armory. - Photos by Eric Learned

    Built over two years as a Works Progress Administration project, the building opened in 1938 as the Indianapolis Naval Reserve Armory.

  • The building features art moderne architecture, with curved corners and smooth surfaces. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The building features art moderne architecture, with curved corners and smooth surfaces.

  • A double gymnasium will be used by basketball and volleyball teams from both Herron and Riverside high schools. - Photos by Eric Learned

    A double gymnasium will be used by basketball and volleyball teams from both Herron and Riverside high schools.

  • A double gymnasium will be used by basketball and volleyball teams from both Herron and Riverside high schools. - Photos by Eric Learned

    A double gymnasium will be used by basketball and volleyball teams from both Herron and Riverside high schools.

  • Two iron ladders at one end of the gym, on the mezzanine level, provide access to nautical-themed lookout stations. - Photos by Eric Learned

    Two iron ladders at one end of the gym, on the mezzanine level, provide access to nautical-themed lookout stations.

  • The gymnasium walls sport 12-foot-by-15-foot murals depicting famous naval battles and events. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The gymnasium walls sport 12-foot-by-15-foot murals depicting famous naval battles and events.

  • Doors to the classrooms, where radio operators trained for sea duty during World War II, have portholes to mimic a ship. - Photos by Eric Learned

    Doors to the classrooms, where radio operators trained for sea duty during World War II, have portholes to mimic a ship.

  • Stairwell handrails leading to upper floors are encased in rope. - Photos by Eric Learned

    Stairwell handrails leading to upper floors are encased in rope.

  • Bulkheads seal a two-story concrete room that was flooded for training exercises. - Photos by Eric Learned

    Bulkheads seal a two-story concrete room that was flooded for training exercises.

  • A ladder leads from the floodable room, which resembles the inside of a submarine. - Photos by Eric Learned

    A ladder leads from the floodable room, which resembles the inside of a submarine.

  • A steel hatch at the top of the floodable room, where recruits were trained to repair a blast hole in the wall while the room filled with water. - Photos by Eric Learned

    A steel hatch at the top of the floodable room, where recruits were trained to repair a blast hole in the wall while the room filled with water.

  • The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures.

  • The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures.

  • The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The mess hall on the third floor is also decorated with murals of famous battles and with nautical fixtures.

  • The adjacent bar, whose woodwork and decorative glass still capture the original era, will be converted to a coffee bar. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The adjacent bar, whose woodwork and decorative glass still capture the original era, will be converted to a coffee bar.

  • The adjacent bar, whose woodwork and decorative glass still capture the original era, will be converted to a coffee bar. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The adjacent bar, whose woodwork and decorative glass still capture the original era, will be converted to a coffee bar.

  • The armory's most recent use was as an operations and recruiting center for both the Navy and the Marine Corps. - Photos by Eric Learned

    The armory's most recent use was as an operations and recruiting center for both the Navy and the Marine Corps.

  • The back of the armory&mdash

    The back of the armory&mdash