The 28th Street YMCA is a historic

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building in

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. It was listed as a

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in 2006 and put on the

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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

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in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. 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. text also available and 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. Other sites listed pursuant to the same African Americans in Los Angeles MPS include the

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, Lincoln Theater, Second Baptist Church, Prince Hall Masonic Temple,

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, 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 develope
Clifford Beers Housing
and th
Coalition for Responsible Community Development
with design work led by the architecture fir
Koning Eizenberg
The project was awarded
2015 National AIA Honor Award for Architecture

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* {{LAHMC Buildings and structures completed in 1926 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles South Los Angeles YMCA buildings in the United States African-American organizations Paul Williams (architect) buildings

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