Wilmington YMCA (Wilmington, Delaware)

Wilmington YMCA
Central YMCA Wilmington, January 2010
Location 501 W. 11th St., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates 39°44′55″N 75°33′05″W / 39.748569°N 75.551356°W / 39.748569; -75.551356Coordinates: 39°44′55″N 75°33′05″W / 39.748569°N 75.551356°W / 39.748569; -75.551356
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1929 (1929)
Built by Francis, William M., Co.
Architect Brown and Whiteside
Architectural style Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 02000035[1]
Added to NRHP February 20, 2002

Wilmington YMCA, also known as Wilmington Central YMCA, is a historic YMCA building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1929, and is a six-story, red brick and Indiana limestone building in a Spanish Colonial Revival style. It consists of a center six-story, nine-bay main block flanked by five-story, one-bay wings, setback slightly from the main facade.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Cynthia Rose Hamilton (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wilmington YMCA" (PDF). and Accompanying 22 photos

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