Real photo postcard
showing the Army-Navy & YMCA building in San Pedro California. 1920s. The 5
story building has a large YMCA sign on the roof. Named the Harbor View House, it was formerly the
Army and Navy Y.M.C.A. It
is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #252) located in the San Pedro
section of Los Angeles, California, near the Port of Los Angeles. It is a
five-story Spanish Colonial Revival style structure located on a bluff
overlooking the harbor. The Army and Navy Y.M.C.A. was dedicated in 1926 as a
recreation center for servicemen at Fort MacArthur, offering 300 dormitory
rooms, a gymnasium, running track, banquet room, patio, pool, boxing and
wrestling rooms and a coffee shop. The facility was converted to civilian use
in 1947, offering accommodations to young travelers and senior citizens. Since
1967, it has been known as Harbor View House, offering housing for the mentally
ill. SSSS stamp box. (1924-29). Clean and unposted. See scans.