Army and Navy YMCA

Army and Navy YMCA
Location Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°29′26″N 71°18′51″W / 41.49056°N 71.31417°WCoordinates: 41°29′26″N 71°18′51″W / 41.49056°N 71.31417°W
Built 1911
Architect Jallade,Louis E.; Norcross Brothers Co.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

88003073

[1]
Added to NRHP December 29, 1988

The Army and Navy YMCA is an historic Young Men's Christian Association building at 50 Washington Square in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a five story concrete, masonry, and brick building, designed by Louis E. Jallade and built in 1911 by the Norcross Brothers. It occupies a small, irregularly-shaped city block at the upper end of Washington Square, Newport's historic civic center. The building was constructed in a Beaux Arts style, with limestone finish predominating on the main facades, with some terra cotta paneling. Mrs. Thomas Emery, a philanthropist from Cincinnati, Ohio, funded its construction to provide services for Navy members when Newport was a major center of the United States Navy. The YMCA closed after the Navy significantly reduced its presence in Newport in 1973.[2] The building now serves as low income (section 8) housing.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] Although it is within the boundaries of the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, it does not contribute to its significance, which has a cutoff date of 1820.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NRHP nomination for Army and Navy YMCA". Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-04.

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