YWCA Youngstown
Encyclopedia
The YWCA Youngstown, located at 25 West Rayen Avenue in Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, is an historic building built in 1911 for members of the Young Women's Christian Association
YWCA
The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
. On July 23, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as the YWCA Building.
National Register listing
- YWCA Building ** (added 1986 - Building - #86001949)
- 25 W. Rayen Ave., Youngstown
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Wade,Angus
- Architectural Style: Classical Revival
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History
- Period of Significance: 1900-1924
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Social
- Historic Sub-function: Civic
- Current Function: Social
- Current Sub-function: Civic