The YMCA of Tyrone was organized in 1870, and until 1900 had rooms in the Beyer Building on Logan Ave. below 14th St. 
    Shortly after 1900, a new building was constructed on 14th St. between Logan and Washington Avenues. By 1913, the building became inadequate to meet the needs of the Y programs. The existing structure was built and opened by the spring of 1914 on land donated by A. A. Stevens. The Pennsylvania Railroad strongly supported the Tyrone YMCA and its programs until 1934. Since 1915, the auditorium has been a center of local entertainment, motion pictures, stage plays, community gatherings, and high school graduations. 
    The auditorium had a seating capacity of 600 people so Tyrone Christmas programs, traveling shows, and the Tyrone Players productions used this beautiful theater-auditorium through 1920s and 30s. The Tyrone Players disbanded in 1957 and reorganized as the Tyrone Community Players in 1983, to return to the YMCA and use the theater and undertake its restoration. 
    The second floor of the building housed the public library for several years. Sleeping rooms also were available for rent both weekly and monthly. 
    A swimming pool originally was in the basement; however, the pool area later was converted to bowling alleys. The alleys extended out under the front sidewalk, where people walking on the sidewalk could hear the balls striking the duckpins. 
    The gymnasium was used for basketball tournaments and other kinds of indoor sporting activities throughout the years. 
    On the first floor was an office, an area for three pool tables, and a reading room. 
    Unfortunately, the building was hit with a one-two punch in the summer of 2004. First, the Pa. Department of Labor and Industry deemed that pervasive deterioration of the building made it unsafe for public functions — most notably, the public performances by the Tyrone Community Players in the historic theater; and second, the destruction of the gymnasium by the flood waters of the remnants of Hurricane Ivan, causing the building to be closed indefinitely.