YMCA Building

Council Bluffs, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The YMCA Building in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a Colonial Revival structure with roots extending from 1909 to 1931. The four-story front section, designed by local architect Frederic E. Cox and completed in 1909, exhibits Colonial Revival and Federal stylistic elements and was partially funded by railroad magnate Grenville M. Dodge. A pool and gymnasium addition, designed by local architect J. Chris Jensen, was completed in the rear in 1931, architecturally complementing the original section. The fourth floor underwent renovation in 1931, when shed dormers may have been added. The Union Pacific Railroad acquired the building in 1929 to provide facilities for its workers during the Great Depression; the local YMCA resumed ownership in 1955. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.