Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building, also known as the Jewish Community Center, is a historic building located in central Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a three-story, flat-roofed, rectangular-shaped Flemish bond brick structure completed in 1930. The exterior features Moorish and Jewish motifs, such as the Star of David. It was designed by Baltimore architect Joseph Evans Sperry. It is now an apartment building. The establishment of the joining YM/YWHA building was a notable example of an attempt to bridge the divide between uptown Baltimore's prosperous German Jews and East Baltimore's impoverished Eastern European and Russian Jews. The association building was constructed midway between uptown and East Baltimore to symbolize this coming together of the two halves of Baltimore's Jewish community.

The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is included in the Baltimore National Heritage Area.

Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building

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, including photo from 1985, at Maryland Historical Trust

Clubhouses in Maryland

Community centers in Maryland

Mount Vernon, Baltimore

Baltimore National Heritage Area

Buildings and structures completed in 1930

1930 establishments in Maryland

Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore

German-Jewish culture in Baltimore

Polish-Jewish culture in Baltimore

Russian-Jewish culture in Baltimore

Ukrainian-Jewish culture in Baltimore

Joseph Evans Sperry buildings

Moorish Revival architecture in Maryland

Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building