List of YMCA buildings explained
This is a list of notable YMCA buildings. Buildings for YMCA use are prominent in many cities and towns.
Canada
Hong Kong
- YMCA of Hong Kong at 22 Salisbury road, Tsim Sha Tsui since 1922. In 1996, YMCA of Hong Kong established the College of Continuing Education.[1]
India
Israel
Puerto Rico
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
(listed by state/DC, then city):
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Pomona YMCA Building, Pomona, California, listed on the NRHP in Los Angeles County, California.[2]
- YMCA building (Riverside, California).
- San Diego Armed Services YMCA, San Diego, California, listed on the NRHP in California.[2]
- YMCA Hotel (San Francisco, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California.[2]
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois
- Wabash Avenue YMCA, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in Illinois.[2]
- YMCA Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois.[2]
- Joliet YMCA, Joliet, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in Illinois.[2]
- Kroehler YMCA, Naperville, IL[3] (closed in 2020, demolished in 2022)
Indiana
Iowa
- YMCA Building (Council Bluffs, Iowa), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.[2]
- Dubuque YMCA Building, Dubuque, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Iowa.[2]
- Mason City YMCA, Mason City, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Iowa.[2]
- YMCA Building (Waterloo, Iowa), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa.[2]
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
- Baltimore, Maryland, Oldest Central Building of the YMCA constructed 1872–73, a triangular structure of five stories in "Second Empire" style architecture with brick and stone trim, slate mansard roof with large corner central tower and several smaller towers (later removed in early 1900s remodeling), at the northwest corner of West Saratoga and North Charles Street, on the northwest edge of downtown Baltimore. Former historic site of the first Roman Catholic Parish (1770) and Pro-Cathedral of St. Peter's in the new Diocese of Baltimore, which is the first established ("erected") diocese in America with first bishop John Carroll in 1789-90 (built of simple red brick, in Georgian/Federal style with attached rectory and surrounding cemetery), and served as America's first Cathedral until 1821 when the new Baltimore Cathedral designed by Latrobe, several blocks north was dedicated. Designed by famed local architects Neilson and Niernsee, just a few blocks east from where the local YMCA was first established in Baltimore in the 1850s. Old Central YMCA was across Charles Street from the first church in the city and metropolitan area, Old St. Paul's Anglican (Episcopal) Church, founded 1692 in southeastern Baltimore County and later relocated to the southeast corner of Charles and Saratoga when Baltimore Town was first laid out in 1729–30. The Old 19th Century YMCA was later converted into offices in the 1920s when the Association moved several blocks north to West Franklin Street on "Cathedral Hill". On the northeastern edge of the massive downtown "urban renewal" project of "Charles Center" from 1958 to the middle 1970s, spared this unique structure although two elaborate marble/granite banks across West Saratoga Street to the southwest were demolished to be replaced by two twin apartment skyscraper towers and "Charles Plaza", with a movie theatre and commercial shops. Additional interior restoration/renovation on the building was done in the early 1980s and again in 2013 when it was converted into apartments/condos.
- Cumberland YMCA, Cumberland, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland[2] (C. William Gilchrist Center).
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minneapolis YMCA Central Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 12-story skyscraper building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota built in 1919. It was built in the Late "Gothic Revival" style of architecture, making it stand out from other buildings. The Gothic styling was chosen to emphasize the vertical mass of the structure and to make it appear as a powerful corporate symbol. The styling also brought a symbolic association with church architecture, making it fit into the YMCA's value system.[4]
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
- Jersey City YMCA, Jersey City, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in New Jersey.[2]
- Wayne YMCA, now part of the Metro YMCA of the Oranges, was originally a YM-YWHA (Young Men-Young Women Hebrew Association) chapter.[5]
New Mexico
- YMCA building (1907), designed by Trost & Trost, on New Mexico State University campus. Listed on the National Register as Air Science.
New York
- YMCA Building (Albany, New York), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York.[2]
- YMCA Central Building (Buffalo, New York), Buffalo, New York, listed on the NRHP in Erie County, New York.[2]
- Sloane House YMCA, West 34th Street, New York City, which was the largest residential YMCA in the U.S.A.
- Old Poughkeepsie YMCA, Poughkeepsie, New York, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association".[2]
- United States Post Office (Canandaigua, New York), now used by the YMCA and listed on the NRHP in Ontario County, New York.[2]
North Carolina
Ohio
- Akron YMCA Building, Akron, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- Brewster Railroad YMCA/Wandle House, Brewster, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- YMCA Building, Columbus, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- Central YMCA (Cleveland, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- YMCA (East Liverpool, Ohio), NRHP-listed, Classical Revival architecture.[2]
- Lorain YMCA Building, Lorain, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- Steubenville YMCA Building, Steubenville, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[6]
- Central YMCA (Toledo, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
- Zanesville YMCA, Zanesville, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio.[2]
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
- YMCA May Building (Huntington, West Virginia), either of two buildings of the Huntington YMCA, founded 1895, in downtown Huntington:
- its first dedicated building, constructed 1931, relinquished later,[7] in use by Huntington hospice in 2022
- its third building, in YMCA use for swimming, racquetball, and more in 2022. It was renovated in 2011 for $500,000.[8]
Wisconsin
See also
Notes and References
- YMCA Hong Kong About Us. History at a Glance, 2015
- Web site: 2009-03-13. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- Book: Ogg, Bryan. Naperville: A Brief History. The History Press. 2018. 978-1-4671-3916-8. Charleston, SC. 87.
- Web site: YMCA Central Building. Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. 2008-08-27.
- Web site: The Y of it all. Yudelson. Larry. jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. en-US. 2020-04-16.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Central YMCA . Ligibel . Ted J. . 1981 . National Register of Historic Places . August 8, 2024 . National Archives.
- News: James E. Casto. Lost Huntington: Sixth Avenue YMCA . 2022-06-23 . . en.
- News: . Huntington YMCA completes renovations . 2022-06-23. en.
