Young Men's Christian Association
(1844-present)

group and association

Aged 180

Commemorated on 2 plaques

Here in 1844 George Williams with eleven other young men employed in the City of London who shared his zeal and vision founded the Young Men's Christian Association in a drapery house on this site in which he worked and lived. From its beginning in this place inspired of God the Association grew to encompass the world.

Juxon House, St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4, London, United Kingdom where it was founded (1844)

1917 1919 American Young Mens Christian Association This tablet marks the site of Eagle Hut where services to men of the American and Allied forces testified to the friendship of the English speaking peoples

Bush House, 57 Aldwych, London, United Kingdom where it sited