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YMCA Building (Shreveport, Louisiana)

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YMCA, Downtown Branch
The front of the building facing left
Located in the far northwest corner of Ohio
Located in the far northwest corner of Ohio
Located in the far northwest corner of Ohio
Located in the far northwest corner of Ohio
Location400 McNeill Street, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
Coordinates32°30′46″N 93°45′05″W / 32.51278°N 93.75139°W / 32.51278; -93.75139
Built1925
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance Revival
Websitewww.ymcanwla.org/locations/downtown-ymca/
Part ofShreveport Commercial Historic District (First Boundary Increase) (ID82002760)
NRHP reference No.91000621[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1991
Designated CPMay 16, 1997

The YMCA Building is a historic building in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana built in 1925 during the Oklahoma oil boom.[2] The National Register of Historic Places listed the Young Men’s Christian Association structure in 1982.[1]

History

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YMCA coming to South Shreveport. Here's what you need to know about Camp Forbing


$300,000 renovation In 1925, serving patrons across the Ark-La-Tex National Register of History Places aged areas: women’s locker room, new cardio equipment, new lockers in the men’s dressing room, the transformation of the social room into a yoga/pilates room, and an updating of the entry, front desk area and CrossFit Room. The 95-year-old structure was on the wish list of the late Dr. M.E. Dodd, a former pastor of First Baptist Church of Shreveport and a past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dodd was quoted in a Feb. 9, 1920 article in the Shreveport Times, per a YMCA release.

“There are three outstanding needs for Shreveport at the present time: First of all, we need the public library. Second, we need new school buildings with auditorium facilities in which school spirit can be created and where public lecturers and moving picture machines can supplement the routine of mere book learning. And, third, we need a great Y.M.C.A. building,” Dodd said. [3]

1960s, 2nd story bedrooms converted to excercise rooms, 3rd and 4th floor added. [2]



An unused wing of the downtown YMCA building at 400 McNeil St.Êhas large barrels of civil defenseÊsupplies. August 1968 calendar 1963 crackers from Kroger [4]

Architecture

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Side entrance along Travis Street

four story blond brick and cast concrete Villa Medici in Rome which was begun in 1574 twin rooftop campaniles three central central arched opening flanked by pilasters and panels on each elevation Unlike the campaniles, most of these features date from the early part of the Renaissance (pre-1500) ground stories of the front and side have rows of arched openings Most of these are inscribed double arch windows with central colonnettes Spandrels between the arched openings are accented with oeil-de-boeuf motifs triple arch entrance with arches springing directly from the Corinthian column capitals patera surround and a fully round segmental pediment featuring the YMCA emblem rooftop balustrade and the use of quoining gold and blue terra cotta used on bas relief urn panels on the campaniles, the front doorway, and blocks on the triple arch arcade bearing the initials YMCA central lobby with plaster mock groin vaulted ceiling in which the vaults spring from octagonal piers with foliated capitals behind the lobby is a small sunken cortile with a fountain set in a tiled niche and a surrounding skirting tile roof two gymnasiums, numerous bedrooms, and a basement level indoor pool=

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – YMCA, Downtown Branch (#91000621)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Tassin, Leslie (April 18, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: YMCA, Downtown Branch". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 11, 2024 – via National Archives.
  3. ^ Watson, Jimmy (Jul 23, 2020). "Shreveport's downtown YMCA nears finish of $300K renovation project". Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved August 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Wildsmith, Henrietta (December 14, 2017). "Inside the unused wings of the downtown YMCA building". Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved August 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisiana Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Buildings and structures in Shreveport, Louisiana Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana Category:Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States Category:Lombard architecture Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Louisiana Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1925 Category:1925 establishments in Louisiana Category:YMCA buildings in the United States Category:Organizations based in Shreveport, Louisiana

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