Y.M.C.A. Building, completed in 1895 in Springfield, Mass. In 1916 the Y.M.C.A. moved to a new building & the previous structure was remodeled and converted to the Hotel Victoria, remaining open until demolition in 1969, despite being struck by a trolley in 1921, causing the turret to collapse.

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1. antwoneoko says

   This is a post about what previously occupied this corner lot at State and Dwight Sts. as well as how it looks now. Courtesy of the always fantastic LostNewEngland blog run by Derek Strahan.

   Here’s a photo of the hotel following the trolley crash.

2. UltimateShame says

   Let me guess: The building, standing there today, is less attractive, to say the least?

3. TheRealStevo says

   I have a building just like that in my hometown, it was the old YMCA building downtown and then it got condemned long before I moved here. Now it just sits there, I really wanna explore it 🙁