User:MauraWen/sandbox 23rd street YMCA

Charles Ethan Porter book p 24-25

In 1873, Porter was probably the only colored resident at the Twenty-third street YMCA, the first YMCA to have residential space. the five story structure completed in late 1869, was the concept of the association's Irish secretary, Robert Ross McBurney and would become the model for YMCAs throughout America. Designed in the French Renaissance style, by James Renwick JR. the building featured rooms radiating from a central lobby. Carved woodwork, .....

Because the location was opposite the National Academy of Design, the YMCA was home to some of the most famous artists of the day, including John LaFarge, William Hart, Alexander Helwig Wyant, Horace Wolcott Robins and Joseph Eaton