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| Location | Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′25″N94°33′53″W / 39.09028°N 94.56472°W |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Charles Ashley Smith |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | 18th and Vine Area of Kansas City MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001151 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1991 |
The Paseo YMCA is a U.S. historic YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Paseo YMCA opened in 1914, when Julius Rosenwald encouraged Kansas Citians to raise $80,000 toward building a new YMCA. [2] The architect of the Paseo YMCA was local architect Charles A. Smith.
In 1920 eight independent black baseball team owners met to form what would become the Negro National League. [3]
The facility closed in the 1970s.
In 2006, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum spearheaded an effort called "Thanks a Million Buck" to renovate the building and convert it to a research center and museum. The goal to raise a million dollars was quickly reached when John "Buck" O'Neil died in October 2006. [3] The YMCA was slated to re-open as the Buck O'Neil Education Research Center in 2007. However, that plan never came to fruition.
Citing a need for expanded museum space, the organization renewed the proposal to renovate and expand the facility on May 2, 2023, as a part of the "Pitch for the Future" campaign. [4] Organizers now hope for a 2028 opening.
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