This is a list of notable YMCA buildings. Buildings for YMCA use are prominent in many cities and towns.
Canada
edit- Birks Building (1901), in North Bay, Ontario, listed on Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2004
- Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge (2018), in Calgary, Alberta, owned by city of Calgary
- Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton (2019), in Calgary, Alberta, largest YMCA in the world
Hong Kong
edit- 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
edit- YMCA Institute of Engineering, an educational institution in Faridabad, India.
Israel
edit- Jerusalem International YMCA (1933)
Puerto Rico
edit- Ponce YMCA Building, Ponce, Puerto Rico, listed on the NRHP in Ponce.
Singapore
edit- Old YMCA Building, demolished in 1981, a new YMCA Building was rebuilt on its former site.
- YMCA Building
United Kingdom
edit- Indian Students' Union and Hostel in Central London.
United States
edit(listed by state/DC, then city):
Arizona
edit- El Paso and Southwestern Railroad YMCA, Douglas, Arizona, listed on the NRHP in Cochise County, Arizona.[2]
Arkansas
edit- YMCA-Democrat Building, Little Rock, Arkansas, listed on the NRHP in Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]
- Little Rock YMCA, Little Rock, Arkansas, listed on the NRHP in Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]
California
edit- 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
edit- Downtown Denver Central YMCA and Annex, Denver, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Colorado.[2]
Connecticut
edit- Greenwich YMCA, Greenwich, Connecticut, listed on the NRHP in Connecticut.[2]
Delaware
editDistrict of Columbia
edit- Anthony Bowen YMCA, Washington, D.C., listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C.[2]
Georgia
editIllinois
edit- 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
edit- YMCA (Evansville, Indiana), NRHP-listed
Iowa
edit- 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
edit- Scottish Rite Temple (Wichita, Kansas), NRHP-listed, known also as "YMCA Building".[2]
Kentucky
edit- YMCA Building (Louisville, Kentucky), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[2]
- Knights of Pythias Temple (Louisville, Kentucky), also known as "Chestnut Street Branch-YMCA", NRHP-listed.[2]
- Russell Railroad YMCA, Russell, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Kentucky.[2]
Louisiana
edit- YMCA, Downtown Branch. Shreveport, Louisiana, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana.[2]
Maryland
edit- 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
edit- YMCA (Salem, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts.[2]
Michigan
edit- Muskegon YMCA Building, Muskegon, Michigan, listed on the NRHP in Michigan.[2]
Minnesota
edit- 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
edit- YMCA Building (Oxford, Mississippi), a Mississippi Landmark.
- YMCA Building (Starkville, Mississippi), a Mississippi Landmark.
Missouri
edit- Paseo YMCA, Kansas City, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri.[2]
- Principia Page-Park YMCA Gymnasium, St. Louis, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri.
Montana
edit- Bozeman YMCA, Bozeman, Montana, listed on the NRHP in Montana.[2]
- YMCA Building (Great Falls, Montana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cascade County, Montana.[2]
Nebraska
edit- McCook YMCA, McCook, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Nebraska.[2]
New Jersey
edit- 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
edit- YMCA building (1907), designed by Trost & Trost, on New Mexico State University campus. Listed on the National Register as Air Science.
New York
edit- 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
edit- Spruce Street YMCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in North Carolina.[2]
- Harris YMCA, Charlotte, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in North Carolina.
Ohio
edit- 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
edit- Sellwood Branch YMCA, Portland, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Oregon.[2]
Pennsylvania
edit- Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA, Danville, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania.[2]
- YMCA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association", is a building in the "Art Deco" style of architecture, designed by Louis E. Jallade and built 1926 to 1928. It has since been converted into condominiums.
Rhode Island
edit- Army and Navy YMCA, Newport, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP in Rhode Island.[2]
Tennessee
edit- Knoxville YMCA Building, Knoxville, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Tennessee.[2]
- Leslie M. Stratton YMCA, Memphis, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Tennessee.[2]
Texas
edit- Beaumont YMCA, Beaumont, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Texas.[2]
Washington
edit- YMCA Building (Tacoma, Washington), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington.[2]
West Virginia
edit
- YMCA May Building (Huntington, West Virginia), either of two buildings of the Huntington YMCA, founded 1895, in downtown Huntington:
Wisconsin
editSee also
edit- List of YWCA buildings
- YMCA Sign, Fargo, North Dakota
- 92nd Street Y (92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association [YM-YWHA], New York City)
- Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building, Baltimore, Maryland
References
edit- ^ YMCA Hong Kong About Us. History at a Glance, 2015
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ Ogg, Bryan (2018). Naperville: A Brief History. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4671-3916-8.
- ^ "YMCA Central Building". Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. February 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ Yudelson, Larry. "The Y of it all". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Ligibel, Ted J. (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Central YMCA". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via National Archives.
- ^ James E. Casto. "Lost Huntington: Sixth Avenue YMCA". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ^ "Huntington YMCA completes renovations". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-06-23.