Youth Building, 1943

dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-27T15:03:08Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-27T15:03:08Z
dc.date.issued	1943-00-00
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000600
dc.description	The first of W.K. Kellogg's gifts to the people of Battle Creek, the Youth Building at Garfield and West Streets opened in 1928 as the home of the Boy Scouts. The city took over building's operation in 1937 and made it the center of civic recreation programs for nearly 50 years. At its zenith, the building served about 300,000 people. Citing its deteriorating condition, the city closed the building in 1988 and slated it for demolition in the the mid-1990s. Local residents, however, launched a petition drive in 1995 to save the Gothic Revival building and convinced the city to invest funds to repair the leaking roof. Finley Properties bought the building in November 2001 for $200,000 and converted it to apartments.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	youth building w.k. kellogg boy scouts	en_US
dc.title	Youth Building, 1943	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	YOUTH BUILDING. 4.5 X 3"
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Recreation/Leisure	en_US