One-hundred years ago this month, on Nov. 26, 1914, the cornerstone was laid for the six-story building in West Louisville that is now the Chestnut Street YMCA. The building's dedication was a cause ...

The YMCA of Greater Spartanburg's history used to be stuffed in storage at the Pine Street facility. Now, after a three-year effort, these historical items -- dating back to 1869 -- are on display for ...

The Butler Street YMCA served as Atlanta's "de facto Black City Hall" and a cornerstone for civic discourse.

The landmark building was rescued from demolition and badly needs restoration. It’s not a relic, its owners say, it’s real, living history you can touch.

The invention of basketball, development of summer camps and support of U.S. military troops all have fallen under the scope of the YMCA at one point or another during the organization’s 150-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of kids learned to swim at Terre Haute’s YMCA through more than a century. Teens — and their elders who still felt ...

The celebration of Father's Day is part of a long tradition of the YMCA, according to YMCA accounts of the history of holiday, which trace the origins of Father's Day in the United States to a woman ...

Tom Anderson, center, Lakewood YMCA branch manager for 25 years now is pictured assisting young tennis players in fine-tuning their tennis skill sets, at the Jamestown Area YMCA’s Paul Bush branch.

Do you know that there is a 167-year old organization located in New York City which owns and operates more than 1,200 hotel rooms in five separate locations in three boroughs? Some of its facilities ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thousands of YMCA ...