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The Wichita Scottish Rite Center, originally known as YMCA's Building, is a historic building in the Romanesque style, located in Wichita, Kansas. Originally constructed in 1887–1888 for YMCA, the building was sold to the Scottish Rite Freemasons in 1898. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as Scottish Rite ...
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 ...
Scottish Rite Temple (Wichita, Kansas) Wilmington YMCA (Wilmington, Delaware) United States Post Office (Woonsocket, Rhode Island) Y. YMCA (Columbus, Georgia)
The Greater Wichita YMCA has created its first dedicated pickleball courts. If they’re successful, there’s a possibility of something bigger.
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The stories showcase Steve Clark’s role in bringing an 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture of Wichita State’s mascot to the YMCA on WSU’s campus.
The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [40]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [59] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
It employs 19,000 staff and is supported by 600,000 volunteers, and YMCA branches have about 10,000 service locations. [1] 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. [2]