Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1902 — GIFT BY HELEN GOULD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GIFT BY HELEN GOULD.

•I-' ■* Magnificent Building of Brooklyn T, M. C. A., Naval Branch. The latest of the' beneficent deeds of Helen Could to attract attention is the gift of a new building to the naval branch of the Y. M. C. A. The structure is now nearing completion. It has been built at a cost of .$465,000 and the entire expense comes out Of 'Miss Gould’s purse. When completed it will be the finest building of its kind in the world. It has a frontage of 100 feet and a depth oi 75. ia seven stories high

and is of stone, brick and iron. It hai a roof garden where meetings can be held and where the men may be much more comfortable during the summer weather than they could be under cover. Miss Gould has built the house as a memorial to her father. The furnishing will be undertaken by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. There will be more than 200 sleeping rooms, furnished at a cost of SSO per room. There will be a fine restaurant, bowling alley, a gymnasium, barber shop, a great auditorium, game rooms, reading rooms, lounging rooms and everything that will make the place bright and cheerful.

BROOKLYN Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.