The Harlem YMCA is located at 180 West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1931-32, the red-brown brick building with neo-Georgian details was designed by the Architectural Bureau of the National Council of the YMCA, with James C. Mackenzie Jr. as the architect in charge.[2][3] It replaced the building from 1919 across the street.[3] Inside the building is a mural by Aaron Douglas titled "Evolution of Negro Dance." The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976,[5][6] and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1998.[2]
^ abc"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ abcNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^ abcWhite, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
^"Claude McKay Residence". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
^""Claude McKay Residence", by Lynne Gomez-Graves (National Register of Historic Places Inventory)" (pdf). National Park Service. n.d.
^"Claude McKay Residence--Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1976 (National Register of Historic Places Inventory)" (pdf). National Park Service. n.d.
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