Granite City YMCA

Granite City YMCA
Granite City YMCA
Granite City YMCA is located in Illinois
Granite City YMCA
Granite City YMCA is located in the United States
Granite City YMCA
Location2001 Edison Ave., Granite City, Illinois
Coordinates38°42′06″N 90°08′56″W / 38.70167°N 90.14889°W / 38.70167; -90.14889
Built1924 (1924)-26
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.100001564[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 2017

The Granite City YMCA is a historic YMCA building located at 2001 Edison Avenue in Granite City, Illinois. The building was built in 1924–26 for Granite City's branch of the YMCA, which was founded in 1916. St. Louis, Missouri-based architects Wedemeyer and Nelson designed the Late Gothic Revival style building; their design features a red brick and green tile exterior punctuated by vertical shafts and topped by a parapet. The building is the only institutional building in Granite City designed in the Gothic Revival style. The YMCA used the building for their activities, which included athletics, community education and citizenship classes, community gatherings, and charity work. The building closed in 2004 when the YMCA moved elsewhere.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 2017.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/31/2017 Through 9/7/2017". National Park Service. September 8, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Myers, Catie; Maloney, Timothy P.; Baxter, Karen Bode (May 15, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Granite City YMCA" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.


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