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YMCA Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)

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United States historic place
YMCA Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location820–828 S. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′17″N 87°37′34″W / 41.87139°N 87.62611°W / 41.87139; -87.62611
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectRobert Berlin, James G. Rogers
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.89001202
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1989

The YMCA Hotel is a historic former hotel located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The hotel, which was designed by Robert C. Berlin and James Gamble Rogers, opened in 1916. Originally marketed by YMCA as a cheap residence for young, single men, the hotel began marketing to a wider clientele when the Great Depression created a demand for inexpensive lodging. The hotel's status and customers declined with the surrounding neighborhood, and it closed in 1979; it reopened as an apartment building in 1985. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1989.

References

The lobby in 1961
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "YMCA Hotel, 826 S. Wabash Ave". The South Loop Historical Society at East-West University. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
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