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The YWCA Building in Peoria, Illinois was built in 1928. It was designed by Hewitt, Emerson & Gregg. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] It sits at 301 Northeast Jefferson Avenue, [2] at the north corner with Fayette Street in downtown Peoria. The Peoria chapter of the YWCA was founded in 1893. By ...
Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson [3] and John Burgee, [4] it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. [5] It opened in 1982 [6] and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007. [7]
YWCA Building (Peoria, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Peoria County, Illinois [7] Young Women's Christian Association (Elkhart, Indiana), listed on the NRHP in Elkhart County, Indiana [7] YWCA (Evansville, Indiana), Vine Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vanderburgh County, Indiana [7]
The first YMCA in the United States opened on December 29, 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary.
Hewitt & Emerson was formed in 1909 as the partnership of two architects, Herbert E. Hewitt and Frank N. Emerson. Herbert Edmund Hewitt was born July 20, 1871, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Charles Edmund Hewitt and Helen (Thompson) Hewitt.
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Demolition of the Field House, April 2008. Robertson Memorial Field House was a multi-purpose arena on the Bradley University campus in Peoria, Illinois.The arena, built inside two surplus World War II airplane hangars in 1949 for $400,000 ($5.1 million in present terms), had a 3-foot (1 meter) raised floor as its sports court and event stage.
Bielfeldt began playing basketball when he was four at the downtown Peoria YMCA and at home with his Little Tikes hoop. In fifth grade, he joined the Peoria Academy school team and the following year he joined an AYBT travel team. He attended developmental camps at Bradley University and the University of Illinois. [5]