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Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)

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1925, W. G. Clarkson and Company. 304 E. Walker St.

Anchoring the east end of downtown is the imposing, three-story YMCA. The symmetrically composed building with a double entrance in the center of the facade is faced with buff brick. Its fine detailing and classical details, such as the cast-stone swags in the spandrels, hint at the important role such institutions played in the social and cultural life of the early twentieth century.

A few blocks away at 101 E. Williams Street, the First Christian Church (1926, Clyde Woodruff) is a highly detailed Romanesque Revival design constructed with buff Acme brick and was used as an advertisement by the brick company in Architectural Record (September 1926).

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Swenson Memorial Museum (First National Bank)
Stephens County Courthouse
B. S. Walker House

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)", [Breckenridge, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FC12.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 288-289.

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