Downtown YMCA

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Central Building of the Columbus Young Men's Christian Association
Columbus, OH - YMCA.jpg
Interactive map highlighting the building's location
Location40 W. Long St., Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°57′54″N 83°00′09″W / 39.965000°N 83.002500°W / 39.965000; -83.002500Coordinates: 39°57′54″N 83°00′09″W / 39.965000°N 83.002500°W / 39.965000; -83.002500
Built1924
Architectural styleJacobethan Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.93000402[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1993

The Downtown YMCA is a historic YMCA building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It is the largest YMCA resident facility in the United States.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The seven-story building was designed in the Jacobethan Revival and Late Gothic Revival styles by . The YMCA was first established in Columbus in 1855, reorganized in 1875, and moved locations numerous times.[3] One of these locations was at 34 S. 3rd St., a Yost & Packard building, now the site of the Columbus Dispatch Building.[4]

The organization purchased the lot for the current YMCA in 1916, with delayed construction due to World War I. The building was constructed in 1923 and dedicated in 1924.[1][3]

With no renovation since about 1997, and after years of studying potential renovations, the 403-unit building is set to close in three to seven years, as the YMCA moves its residents to newer facilities. The 235,118-square-foot (21,843.2 m2) building has a market value of $5.6 million, and would require $50–60 million in renovation, not affordable as it is close to the Columbus YMCA's entire annual budget. The organization plans to lease out a facility and redistribute residents to existing facilities, and to build a new full-service downtown facility for its 3,400 YMCA members in the next five to ten years. The YMCA is confident the building can be repurposed, having talked to 8-10 developers, with none who have toured having proposed demolishing it.[5][2][6]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Jim Weiker. "YMCA officials confident new use can be found for old Downtown building - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH". Dispatch.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Ohio, 1964 - 2013. National Park Service. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Downtown Columbus YMCA Stands Tall, Serves All". 5 March 2013.
  5. ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/10/08/downtown-ymca-to-shutter-more-modern-facility.html[bare URL]
  6. ^ "Hundreds of Downtown YMCA Residents to be Moved over Next Few Years". 9 October 2019.

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