Description

Photograph of the exterior of the the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia, pictured circa 1975. A group of children walk down the sidewalk in front of the building.This structure was built in 1916 by contractor Alexander D. Hamilton, working for the firm Hentz, Reid, and Adler of Atlanta, and architect Neel Reid. Known as the "Black City Hall of Atlanta," the YMCA's early members included civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia