{"nrhp_refnum":"09000145","name":"Twenty-eighth Street YMCA","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1006 E. 28th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.01714885100006,"lon":-118.25726782999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story reinforced concrete YMCA building with two rear two-story masses, at 1006 East 28th Street in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1926 and designed by architect Paul R. Williams in Spanish Colonial Revival style.","why_significant":"The building is significant locally under Criterion A in Ethnic Heritage (Black) and civic engagement. It is one of two surviving club buildings in Los Angeles founded by and for African Americans. It hosted political meetings, social gatherings and the city's leading youth work for African Americans, and gave Black residents access to a swimming pool when public pools largely excluded them.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at the corner of East 28th Street and Paloma Avenue in Los Angeles, this YMCA building served the city's African American community. A four-story Spanish Colonial Revival block of stucco with a low red clay tile roof faces the street, with dormitory rooms on the upper floors. Behind it, two utilitarian two-story concrete masses hold a swimming pool and a gymnasium. Architect Paul R. Williams designed it, and bas-relief medallions show Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. The $200,000 project followed fundraising drives in the 1920s, including a $25,000 gift from Aaron and Annie Malone. It provided 52 dormitory rooms, a gym and a pool at a time when Black residents were largely shut out of public pools until 1932. It hosted political meetings and social gatherings and led youth work among African Americans. It is one of two surviving club buildings founded by and for Black Angelenos, and it retains good physical integrity.","period_of_significance":"1926-1958","architect_builder":"Williams, Paul R., architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals - Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Retains physical integrity despite some replaced doors and windows; the form lists current function as social meeting hall. A new nonprofit owner plans adaptive reuse for housing and community activities.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.624907-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000145/07134edd0b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000145/07134edd0b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:28th_Street_Y.M.C.A._Building_(South_Los_Angeles).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:28th_Street_Y.M.C.A._Building_(South_Los_Angeles).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857610","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Street_YMCA","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4632836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/twenty-eighth-street-ymca-09000145/"}