Young Men’s Christian Association
Location:
YMCA Building, Arroceros Street, Ermita, 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.
