Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Minneapolis.

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Minneapolis.
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1866 The YMCA offices are first located in the Center Block building at Intersection of Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues (assembly and meeting rooms). 1877 1888 Market Hall building on Bridge Square; Hennepin Avenue and N. First Street (auditorium and club rooms). 1883 Syndicate Block building on Nicollet Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets (meeting rooms). Market Hall lease continues to 1888 -- then referred to as "Bridge Square Branch". 1883 Bridge Square branch established, but religious work continued in the Market Hall Building. 1886 Eastside branch is established in a rented room in Chute Block; corner of Central and University Avenues (Bible classes and reading). Branch suspended in 1887. 1887 Twenty-Sixth Street Branch is established at the corner of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue (suite of rooms for meetings and reading). Branch discontinues when new Central Building was occupied. 1887 University YMCA is organized as an independent Association. Offices located in a house on 13th Avenue S.E. 1889 Norwegian branch is organized. Location unknown. Operates for one year. 1892 Central branch is established at 10th Street and Mary Place (now LaSalle Avenue). Full facility and residence. 1912 Southeast branch is established in Tuttle School building, corner of 14th Avenue and Talmadge Street S.E. 1915 Southtown branch is organized. Offices at 27th Avenue and E. Lake Street. Programs prior to 1915 were organized from the Central branch. 1917 University of Minnesota YMCA joins the Minneapolis YMCA organization. 1919 Central/Downtown branch moves to a new building at 9th and Mary Place (now LaSalle Avenue). Full facility and residence. 1919 Northeast branch is organized. Offices located in the Knapp Building, 2337 Central Avenue N.E. 1919 Northside branch is organized. Offices at 1103 - 20th Avenue N. 1919 West Lake branch is organized. Offices located in the Carville Building at 26 ½ W. Lake Street. First programs for the district were organized from the Central Branch beginning in 1915. 1923 University branch moves to the New Student Program building. 1425 University Avenue S.E. 1937 South Central branch is established. Offices at 26 ½ W. Lake Street. 1937 Roosevelt branch is organized. Offices at 2723 E. 38th Street. 1937 Washburn branch is organized. Offices at 4804 Nicollet Avenue S. 1939 Northside branch is established. Community building opens at 3300 Penn Avenue N. 1950 Roosevelt branch community building opens at 4100 - 28th Avenue S. 1951 Southtown branch community building opens at 1845 E. Lake Street. 1951 Washburn branch community building opens at 4816 Nicollet Avenue S. 1952 Northeast branch community building opens at 2304 Jackson Street N.E. 1954 South Central branch changes name to West Central branch. 1957 Washburn branch changes name to Washburn-Richfield branch. 1958 Minnetonka branch is organized. Offices located at 401 E. Lake Street, Wayzata. 1960 Northeast and Southeast branches merge to become Eastside branch. 1960 West Central branch community building opens at 3335 Blaisdell Avenue S. 1963 Washburn-Richfield branch changes name to Washburn-Richfield-Bloomington branch. 1964 Roosevelt and Southtown branches merge to become Hiawatha branch. 1969 Minnesota Valley branch is established. Offices located at 9050 Lyndale Avenue S. in Bloomington. 1969 West Lake and Minnetonka branches are reorganized to become West Suburban Family branch. Offices located at 1400 Fairfield Road, Minnetonka. 1969 Washburn-Richfield-Bloomington branch changes name to Southdale branch. 1970 Urban department and West Central branch combine to become Urban/West Central branch. 1973 Northside branch becomes Northwest branch. Suburban office/community program located at 4205 Winnetka Avenue N. in New Hope. 1974 North Community branch is established. Full facility 1975 Southdale branch full facility building opens at 7355 York Avenue S. in Edina. 1977 Northwest branch full facility building opens at 7601 42nd Avenue N. in New Hope. 1980 Eastside branch name changes to Northeast branch. 1980 West Suburban branch full facility building opens at 12301 Ridgedale Drive in Minnetonka. 1983 West Suburban branch name changes to Ridgedale branch. 1984 Urban/West Central branch name changes to Blaisdell branch. 1990 Downtown branch full facility building opens at 30 S. Ninth Street in downtown Minneapolis. 1995 Northeast branch name changes to Emma B. Howe Northeast Family YMCA. New community building opens on existing site at 2304 Jackson Street N.E. 1995 Blaisdell branch adds extensive addition to make a full facility building at present site, 3335 Blaisdell Avenue S. 1996 Emma B. Howe Family Branch Northtown full facility building opens at 8950 Springbrook Drive N. W., Coon Rapids. 1997 Minnesota Valley branch full facility building opens at Portland Avenue S., Burnsville. 2000 University branch moves to a new building at 1801 University Avenue S.E. 2005 Andover YMCA Community Center full facility building opens at 15220 Hanson Boulevard, Andover. 2008 Elk River branch full facility building opens at 13337 Business Center Drive NW, Elk River.

(Information taken from Breaking New Ground, Building Strong Lives: 140 Years of Youth Work with the Minneapolis YMCA by Paul Hillmer, 2006; from Builders of Men: A History of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association: 1866-1936 by S. Wirt Wiley and Florence Lehmann; and from the collection).

From the guide to the Branch records, 1907-2011, (bulk 1970-1999), (University of Minnesota. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca])

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