28th Street YMCA

Coordinates: 34°01′01″N 118°15′26″W / 34.01694°N 118.25722°W / 34.01694; -118.25722
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28th Street YMCA
MPS
African Americans in Los Angeles
NRHP reference No.09000145[1]
LAHCM No.851
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 2009
Designated LAHCMSeptember 27, 2006[2]

The 28th Street YMCA is a historic

Paul R. Williams
in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

The building is considered to be historically significant because of its association with Paul R. Williams and because it is one of two club buildings remaining in Los Angeles that were founded by and for African Americans. The 28th Street YMCA, also sometimes referred to as the "Colored YMCA", was a milestone for the city's African American community. Many recreational facilities, including public swimming pools, were racially segregated in the 1920s, and the 28th Street YMCA provided a gymnasium, swimming pool, and 52 dormitory rooms on the upper floors.[3][4][5]

The building was deemed to satisfy the registration requirement for club buildings set forth in a multiple property submission study, the African Americans in Los Angeles MPS.

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In 2015 a major restoration was undertaken by non profit affordable housing developer Clifford Beers Housing and the Coalition for Responsible Community Development with design work led by the architecture firm Koning Eizenberg. The project was awarded a 2015 National AIA Honor Award for Architecture

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References

  1. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (2007-09-07). Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments (PDF) (Report). City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  3. ^ a b Teresa Grimes, Christopher A. Joseph & Associates (June 1, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for 28th Street YMCA" (PDF). LA Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved June 11, 2011. text also available here and accompanying photos
  4. ^ a b Teresa Grimes, Christopher A. Joseph & Associates (December 31, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for Historic Resources Associated with African Americans in Los Angeles" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "28th Street YMCA - Los Angeles". Paul R. Williams Project.

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