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A YMCA in Brest, France in 1902 A historical marker for the Christian Street YMCA at 1724 Christian Street in Philadelphia, noting its 1914 establishment Hotel Arthur in Helsinki, founded by YMCA in 1907 [15] A Canadian YMCA poster in 1914 A self-defence class at the YMCA in Boise, Idaho in 1936 A fireplace at the YMCA in Jerusalem in December ...
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.
The first Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) was founded in New York City on October 10, 1874, with Lewis May as its first president. [6] The first official headquarters were at 112 West 21st Street in Manhattan. [ 6 ]
Elwood Stanley Brown, Physical Education Director of the Manila YMCA, founded basketball, volleyball, [53] and Boy Scouting in the Philippine Islands (then a territory of the USA) in 1910. Hence the first Boy Scout unit in the Philippines was the YMCA troop organised by Brown.
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 ...
1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded. [6] 1909 Samuel Merritt College founded. Moore & Scott Iron Works in business. 1910 Oakland Public Museum and YMCA open. Population: 150,174. 1912 – Oakland School Women's Club [9] and Children's Hospital founded. 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established. [6] 1914 Oakland Technical High ...
Pages in category "Sports clubs and teams founded by the YMCA" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The YMCA Building is a historic building in San Diego, California. It was built in 1924, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, before the YMCA moved out in 2014. [ 1 ] During that time, the group served over 125 million military personnel in the facility.