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East Elevation - YMCA Gymnasium, 475 State Street, Skagway, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK
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Shaffer, Rebecca

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Campbell, Danielle, field team
Crosby, Grant, project manager
Wood, Aaron, field team
Title
East Elevation - YMCA Gymnasium, 475 State Street, Skagway, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK
Depicted place Alaska; Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area; Skagway
Date 2012
Medium 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS AK-229 (sheet 10 of 26)
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  • Significance: The YMCA Gymnasium in Skagway was founded in 1898 by Michigan native, William Reid, who was headed to Dawson, Yukon Territory, to start a branch there. Difficulties on the Chilkoot Trail kept Reid in Skagway where he set up a tent and established the first YMCA in Alaska. The organization operated out of the Presbyterian Church and by 1900 boasted a membership of almost 1,000, prompting the YMCA to contract with G.N. Hensley to construct a gymnasium. The YMCA operated the gymnasium until 1902 when its membership declined following the waning gold rush. The Carstens brothers, proprietors of the Arctic Meat Company, purchased the building and moved it forward to front State Street and connected it to the Meyer Building (1899). The Carstens converted the gymnasium to a cold storage facility and operated the Arctic Meat Company until at least 1909. In 1921, George Rapuzzi purchased the gymnasium from the City of Skagway, which had taken ownership. In 1922, Rapuzzi bought the Meyer Building from the Carstens and used both buildings as a garage and later storage. The Rasmuson Foundation of Anchorage purchased both buildings and donated them to the National Park Service in 2008.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1913
  • Survey number: HABS AK-229
  • Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000943.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0556.sheet.00010a
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Object location59° 27′ 29.99″ N, 135° 18′ 50″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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