{"nrhp_refnum":"80001214","name":"Y.M.C.A.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"124 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46651476100004,"lon":-84.99066141599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Classical Revival marble-faced YMCA building at 124 11th Street in downtown Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in 1903 with a brick addition added in 1952.","why_significant":"It was the first permanent headquarters of Columbus's YMCA, an organization dating to 1856 and said to be the third oldest in the country. It was made possible by philanthropist George Foster Peabody. It is described as the finest example of Classical Revival architecture in the downtown area and later housed the Columbus Pastoral Institute.","narrative":"Dedicated on December 2, 1903, this three-story marble-faced building at 124 11th Street in Columbus was the first permanent home of the city's YMCA. Its principal supporter was Columbus-born philanthropist George Foster Peabody, who gave the city what was reputedly the only marble YMCA in America. The Columbus association traces its membership to 1856 and is said to be the third oldest in the country; it had used several temporary headquarters before the marble building opened. The structure has brick and steel I-beam construction faced in marble, with a central pavilion, a rusticated first floor, and two-story Corinthian pilasters under a modillioned entablature. A brick addition was built in 1952 and is considered out of scale but not harmful to the original. The marble building now houses the Columbus Pastoral Institute, part of the city's religious community. It is regarded as the finest Classical Revival building downtown and as an important social and religious meeting place for young men.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition; the original marble structure houses the Columbus Pastoral Institute, and the YMCA also has a 1952 brick addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.04385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001214/e529b9ac9e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001214/e529b9ac9e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YMCA_-_Columbus,_Georgia_03.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YMCA_-_Columbus,_Georgia_03.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206550","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55638007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/y-m-c-a-80001214/"}