{"nrhp_refnum":"82001491","name":"Young Woman's Christian Association","other_names":["Akron YMCA Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"146 S. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Akron","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.08118270800003,"lon":-81.51745289399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-storey Art Deco building with Neoclassic Revival influence at 146 South High Street in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, built 1930-1931 for the Young Women's Christian Association.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is tied architecturally and socially to downtown Akron's 'rubber boom' years of 1910-1930. Its Art Deco setbacks, geometric terra-cotta ornament and medallions complement other major buildings of the period. Socially, it reflects the humanitarian concerns of the city's business interests as Akron's population grew from 65,000 to over 230,000.","narrative":"Rising ten storeys at 146 South High Street in Akron, the YWCA building was constructed in 1930-1931 to replace the organization's earlier home, Grace House, which could no longer meet its growing programs. Fichter & Brooker designed it in an Art Deco style with Neoclassic Revival touches, using ivory brick, a limestone base, a round-arched entry and terra-cotta sill courses, medallions and cornice. It held a 500-seat auditorium, a swimming pool and a gymnasium on the lower floors, with residence halls from the seventh floor up. Clemmer-Noah Construction Company built it for $857,000 after a joint YWCA and YMCA fund drive in 1929. It is the largest structure the architects ever designed. The building is valued as a link to downtown Akron's greatest period of growth, when the population rose from 65,000 to over 230,000, and as a product of the humanitarian aims of local business interests. Some original features have been altered.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1930-1931)","architect_builder":"Fichter & Brooker, Architects (J. Adam Fichter and Harry A. Brooker); Clemmer-Noah Construction Company","architectural_style":"Art Deco with Neoclassic Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and privately owned; the form notes that the entry doors, pool windows and wrought iron balconies have been altered or removed in recent modernizations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.362738-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001491.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001491/c95ebd4192-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001491/c95ebd4192-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Dillguy9","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akron_CitiCenter_Building_2025.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dillguy9</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akron_CitiCenter_Building_2025.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991599","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CitiCenter_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122380393"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/young-womans-christian-association-82001491/"}