Lora B. Pearson School, also known as Colescott School and School No. 4, is a historic school building located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1939, and is a three-story, rectangular, Art Deco style

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building faced in brick and limestone. Funding for the school was provided in part by the

Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...

. The school closed in 2000 and was converted to senior

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s. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Public Works Administration in Indiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Art Deco architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1939 Schools in Shelby County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Indiana {{ShelbyCountyIN-NRHP-stub