City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development
12/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/11/2025 10:23
Central YMCA Headquarters Building Designated as Chicago Landmark
Central YMCA Headquarters Building Designated as Chicago Landmark
December 10, 2025
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The former Central YMCA Headquarters at 19 S. LaSalle St. in the Loop was designated as an official Chicago landmark by City Council today.
The building was constructed in 1893 and served as the home for the YMCA's Chicago branch through the 1970s. Originally 12 stories, a 1913 addition redesigned the structure with Classical Revival elements. The building is one of two remaining Loop structures designed by William Le Baron Jenney, an architect widely recognized as "the father of the skyscraper."
The designation protects the building's exterior elevations and aligns with a planned $64 million office-to-residential conversion of the interior led by Envoi Partners
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