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This photograph is of the Masonic Building, corner of 32nd Avenue and 18th Street in Tuscaloosa. The first floor of the Masonic building was leased for $50 per month from July 1, 1954 to June 30, 1955, for the Benjamin Barnes Branch of the YMCA to…

The need for a branch of the YMCA to serve the black community was expressed in 1953. A membership drive was inaugurated with a “Kick-off” dinner in the auditorium of Industrial High School on January 2, 1953. A goal of 500 members was established…

The Board of Trustees, Staff, New Building Committee, New Building Furnishings Committee, Past Presidents and General Secretaries of the YMCA as listed in the dedication brochure on April 5, 1959.

The new Central YMCA Building on 10th street was formally opened and dedicated on Sunday, April 5, 1959 at 3 PM.

In addition to the program of dedication the brochure included the YMCA officers, staff, committees and mission statement:

The…

The new building was formally opened and dedicated on Sunday, April 5, 1959.

There were two entrances on 10th Street (now Bryant Drive), one to the adult lobby and one to the teenage lobby. The building included a swimming pool, gymnasium, shower…

The YMCA Central Building was constructed in 1958 by the Daniel Construction Company. The architects were Wilmot C. Douglas and Carl M. Mosely, Jr., Architects Associated.

The building fronted on 10th Avenue (now Paul Bryant Drive) on property…

The men in this photograph documenting laying the cornerstone of the new central YMCA building are from left to right: Hugo Friedman, J. Oviatt Bowers, Ernest Williams, Harlan Meredith, Buford Boone, George LeMaistre.

In 1955, Victor Hugo…

The YMCA was reorganized in 1903 and a campaign was begun to raise money for a building under the leadership of B. A. Small, General Director, and officers W.G. Somerville and T.M. Leatherwood. A lot at 2014 Broad Street (now University Boulevard)…

The YMCA was reorganized in 1903 and a campaign was begun to raise money for a building under the leadership of B. A. Small, General Director, and officers W.G. Somerville and T.M. Leatherwood. A lot at 2014 Broad Street (now University Boulevard)…

The Tuscaloosa YMCA was first organized in the 1870's but didn't have a continuous existence although it was revived in 1886 and again in the 1890's.

The cover page of the constitution printed in 1871 is shown above. The document includes this…