Young Men's Christian Association

Location: Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker Date: 1961

Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

ORGANIZED, 1910. INCORPORATED, 10 NOVERMEBR 1911. TEODORO R. YANGCO, FIRST PRESIDENT. THE BUILDING, GYMNASIA, AND SWIMMING POOLS FOR FILIPINOS COMPLETED, 1915; NATIONAL OFFICE BUILDING, 1926. DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE OF LIBERATION, FEBRUARY, 1945. RECONSTRUCTED WHEN JUDGE MANUEL CAMUS WAS PRESIDENT, 1949. HELPED PROMOTE INTEREST IN ATHLETICS IN THE PHILIPPINES. INITIATED FORMATION OF PHILIPPINE AMATEUR FEDERATION, 1911, AND FAR EASTERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, 1913.

Tags: 1961, Association/Institution/Organization, Ermita, Level II, Manila, Metro Manila, No photo available, Region NCR, Young Men's Christian Association