{"nrhp_refnum":"06000010","name":"Joilet YMCA","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"215 N. Ottawa St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Joliet","county":"Will County","state":"IL","lat":41.530573978000064,"lon":-88.08355225899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Joliet YMCA is a five-story brick and limestone building at 215 N. Ottawa Street in Joliet, Will County, Illinois, built in 1928 around an open light court, with a three-story Women's Division addition added in 1949.","why_significant":"The visible text covers mainly the architecture and the history of the fundraising campaign. The building is a Colonial Revival YMCA funded by community donors, including William Buchanan and United States Steel, and designed by D.H. Burnham & Co. with help from the national YMCA Architectural Bureau. The truncated document does not include the full significance statement or the criteria.","narrative":"Built in 1928 at the corner of Ottawa and Webster streets near downtown Joliet, this five-story YMCA wraps around an open light court. Its front is faced in buff-to-brown brick with Indiana limestone trim, an arched stone entrance with a pediment, and ornamental iron window guards. Inside were social rooms, offices, a natatorium, two gymnasiums, handball courts and dormitory rooms. The project grew out of a 1920s community campaign. William Buchanan pledged $50,000 on condition that residents raise the remainder, and United States Steel later gave $200,000. D.H. Burnham & Co. prepared the plans with help from the national YMCA Architectural Bureau. A modern three-story Women's Division addition was built on the south end in 1949. The building keeps most of its original masonry and many interior features, including the gymnasium floor, running track and several fireplace mantels. Some entrances have been replaced, and the former social rooms now serve as tenant sleeping rooms. The pool is out of use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"D.H. Burnham & Co. (architects); Hansen and Peterson (local building contractors)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The building is now used as multiple-unit housing with tenant sleeping rooms. The natatorium is not in use and is in poor condition, while the gymnasium and handball courts are still used and are in reasonably good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.727034-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/8943/28894321/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/06000010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000010/764992663d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000010/764992663d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joliet_Y_1927.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">publichall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joliet_Y_1927.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009642","name":"Downtown Joliet Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/downtown-joliet-historic-district-100009642/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_YMCA","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6270006"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/will-county/joilet-ymca-06000010/"}