[1] The Toledo YMCA, originally founded in 1865, needed a larger location based on continued growth.

Hugh Tyler of New York City handled the interior design, Ingalls Stone Company of Bedford, Indiana provided the stone, the Winkle Terra Cotta Company of St. Louis produced the terra cotta based on designs from Parducci Studios of Detroit.

Later, the Lucas County Government converted the space into 140 units of community-based treatment for people with nonviolent felony convictions and substance abuse disorders.

The asymmetrical building consists of a two-story base for offices and social spaces with athletics in the back topped by a pair of four-story dormitory towers.

[2] The main entrance facing Jefferson Avenue consists of stone, brick and a tile with tympanum filled with geometric patterns.