28th Street YMCA

The 28th Street YMCA is a historic YMCA building in South Los Angeles, California. It was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The four-story structure was built in 1926 at a cost of $200,000. The building was designed by noted African American architect Paul R. Williams in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

28th Street YMCA
28th Street YMCA, October 2008
28th Street YMCA is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
28th Street YMCA
28th Street YMCA is located in California
28th Street YMCA
28th Street YMCA is located in the United States
28th Street YMCA
Location1006 East 28th Street, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°01′01″N 118°15′26″W
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectPaul R. Williams, Norman F. Marsh
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
MPSAfrican Americans in Los Angeles
NRHP reference No.09000145[1]
LAHCM No.851
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 2009
Designated LAHCMSeptember 27, 2006[2]

The building is considered to be historically significant because of its association with Paul R. Williams and because it is one of two club buildings remaining in Los Angeles that were founded by and for African Americans. The 28th Street YMCA, also sometimes referred to as the "Colored YMCA", was a milestone for the city's African American community. Many recreational facilities, including public swimming pools, were racially segregated in the 1920s, and the 28th Street YMCA provided a gymnasium, swimming pool, and 52 dormitory rooms on the upper floors.[3][4][5]

The building was deemed to satisfy the registration requirement for club buildings set forth in a multiple property submission study, the African Americans in Los Angeles MPS.[3][4] Other sites listed pursuant to the same African Americans in Los Angeles MPS include the Angelus Funeral Home, Lincoln Theater, Second Baptist Church, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 52nd Place Historic District, 27th Street Historic District, and two historic all-black segregated fire stations (Fire Station No. 14 and Fire Station No. 30).

In 2015 a major restoration was undertaken by non profit affordable housing developer Clifford Beers Housing and the Coalition for Responsible Community Development with design work led by the architecture firm Koning Eizenberg. The project was awarded a 2015 National AIA Honor Award for Architecture

See also

References
  1. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  2. Los Angeles Department of City Planning (2007-09-07). Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments (PDF) (Report). City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  3. Teresa Grimes, Christopher A. Joseph & Associates (June 1, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for 28th Street YMCA" (PDF). LA Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved June 11, 2011. text also available here and accompanying photos
  4. Teresa Grimes, Christopher A. Joseph & Associates (December 31, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for Historic Resources Associated with African Americans in Los Angeles" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  5. "28th Street YMCA - Los Angeles". Paul R. Williams Project.
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