Central YMCA (Cleveland, Ohio)
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The Central YMCA is an historic building in the Central
Central (Cleveland)
Central is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. Situated on the outskirts of downtown, Central is bounded roughly between E.71st Street on its east and East 22nd Street on its west, with Euclid Avenue and Woodland Avenue on its north and south respectively...

 neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. Constructed for use as a residential building in 1911 by the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Cleveland
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...

 the building served as one of the locations used by the Cleveland YMCA School of Technology, which eventually became Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...

 in 1964. Added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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 in 1984, the Central YMCA building was purchased by Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...

in September 2009 and later renovated for use as what are today known as the Heritage Suites student apartments.

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