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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.
In the United States, YMCA is more commonly known as 'The Y', with national headquarters in Chicago. It has 800 separate organisational entities affiliated to its national office, based in 2,700 branch locations, [93] working with 21 million people, to "strengthen communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility."
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.
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As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...
19 South LaSalle Street was constructed as the Central YMCA Association Building in 1893, [1] [2] and completed shortly before the Panic of 1893. [1] The structure, designed by William LeBaron Jenney and William Bryce Mundie as Jenney & Mundie, was eventually renamed for its address, 19 South LaSalle Street. [3]
The YMCA Building, now known as 1100 Jefferson or the Court Services Building, is a historic building in downtown Toledo, Ohio. The National Register of Historic Places listed the former Young Men's Christian Association structure in 1982.
The Front St. or Trades School, formerly on the site Home of the Columbus YMCA on Capitol Square, 1893–1923. The YMCA was first established in Columbus in 1855, reorganized in 1875, and moved locations numerous times. [3] Its first headquarters opened at 34 S. 3rd St. (on Capitol Square) in 1893, in a Yost & Packard building.