Army and Navy YMCA

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Location Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°29′26″N71°18′51″W / 41.49056°N 71.31417°W / 41.49056; -71.31417
Built1911
Built by Norcross Brothers
Architect Louis E. Jallade
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 88003073 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1988

The Army and Navy YMCA is a historic YMCA 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 erected 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. YMCA closed after the Navy significantly reduced its presence in Newport in 1973. [2] The building now serves as low income (section 8) housing.

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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 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Army and Navy YMCA" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-04.