- Paseo YMCA
Infobox_nrhp | name =Paseo YMCA
nrhp_type =
caption =
location=Kansas City, Missouri
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 32
long_seconds = 39
long_direction = W
locmapin = Missouri
area =
built =1914
architect= Unknown
architecture= Colonial Revival
added =September 09 ,1991
governing_body = Private
mpsub=18th and Vine Area of Kansas City MPS
refnum=91001151cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]The Paseo YMCA is a U.S. historicYMCA in Kansas City,Missouri .History
The Paseo YMCA was opened in 1914, when Julius Rosenwald encouraged Kansas Citians to raise $80,000 toward building a new YMCA. [ [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/15727396.htm OLD PASEO YMCA | Turning it into a tribute will take money, work] ] In 1920 eight independent black baseball team owners met to form what would become the Negro National League and later, the
Negro Leagues . [http://www.nlbm.com/buck/ThanksBuckRelease_8-4-06.pdf Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Announces “Thanks a Million Buck” Grassroots Campaign to Raise Funds For the Buck O’Neil Education & Research Center] "pdf"] Later, in the 1970s, it closed.Museum renovations
In 2006, an effort was headed by the
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to renovate the museum, called "Thanks a Million Buck". The goal to raise a million dollars was quickly reached when John "Buck" O'Neil died in October 2006. The YMCA is scheduled to reopen as an extension of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 2007 and the Buck O'Neil Education Research Center.References
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