Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building

United States historic place


Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°17′50″N 76°37′15″W / 39.29722°N 76.62083°W / 39.29722; -76.62083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930 (1930)
Architect	Joseph Evans Sperry
NRHP reference No.	85002836^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1985

Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building, also known as the Jewish Community Center, is a historic building located in central Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a three-story, flat-roofed, rectangular-shaped Flemish bond brick structure completed in 1930. The exterior features Moorish and Jewish motifs, such as the Star of David. It was designed by Baltimore architect Joseph Evans Sperry. It is now an apartment building. The establishment of the joining YM/YWHA building was a notable example of an attempt to bridge the divide between uptown Baltimore's prosperous German Jews and East Baltimore's impoverished Eastern European and Russian Jews. The association building was constructed midway between uptown and East Baltimore to symbolize this coming together of the two halves of Baltimore's Jewish community.^[2]

The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1] It is included in the Baltimore National Heritage Area.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Steven Weissenthal (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
^ "Baltimore National Heritage Area Map" (PDF). City of Baltimore. Retrieved March 11, 2012.