This is a list of notable

YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

buildings. YWCA buildings are prominent in many cities.

Australia

* Grand Central Hotel, a.k.a. Grand Central YWCA, Grand Hotel, Grand Central Coffee Palace, at 379 Wellington St. in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

, Western Australia State Heritage-listed

Canada

* Y des Femmes de Montréal (YWCA Montreal), (

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, Québec,

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). Built in 1875, moved to its current building on 1355 Boulevard René-Lévesque West in 1952.

Great Britain

* Ames House, 44 Mortimer Street, Camden borough of London, built in 1904, designed by Beresford Pite, the first "major" YWCA building of the YWCA in London, which had operated from 1857, a Heritage site. *Queen Mary Hall and YWCA Central Club, a Grade II listed building, built during 1928-32, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, on Great Russell Street, also in Camden borough of London.

New Zealand

*YWCA building, 268 Madras St.,

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. Built in 1914. A category 2 historic place (#1951). Demolished in 2011.

United States

In the United States, many are listed on the U.S.

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(NRHP). A 1997 article covered all the YWCA buildings listed at that time. (by state then city) *

Hollywood Studio Club The Hollywood Studio Club was a chaperoned dormitory, sometimes referred to as a sorority, for young women involved in the motion picture business from 1916 to 1975. Located in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the Studio Club was ...

, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, NRHP-listed * Oakland YWCA Building, Oakland, California, listed on the NRHP in Alameda County, California * Old YWCA Building (Riverside, California), listed on the NRHP in Riverside County, California * Young Women's Christian Association (Pueblo, Colorado), listed on the NRHP in Pueblo County, Colorado * Young Women's Christian Association Complex, Athens, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County, Georgia Honolulu-LaniakeaYWCA-frontwide

* YWCA Building (Honolulu, Hawaii), a building in

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that was built in 1927. It was designed by

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including Beaux-Arts and

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stylings. * YWCA Building (Peoria, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Peoria County, Illinois *

Young Women's Christian Association (Elkhart, Indiana) Young Women's Christian Association, also known as the Elkhart Y.W.C.A. and Lexington House, is a historic YWCA located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. It was built in 1919, and is a three-story, brick building on a raised basement and Bun ...

, listed on the NRHP in Elkhart County, Indiana * YWCA (5th St., Evansville, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vanderburgh County, Indiana * YWCA (Vine St., Evansville, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vanderburgh County, Indiana * YWCA (Muncie, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Indiana * YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall, Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana *

Keokuk Young Women's Christian Association Building The Keokuk Young Women's Christian Association Building is a historic building located in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The local YWCA was organized in 1905 and initially leased spa ...

, Keokuk, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Lee County, Iowa * Ottumwa Young Women's Christian Association, Ottumwa, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Wapello County, Iowa *

YWCA Boston building (Clarendon Street) The YWCA Boston building is a historic building located at 140 Clarendon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 13-story brick-faced steel-frame building was designed by George F. Shepard and Frederic Stearns, and built ...

, Boston, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Boston, Massachusetts. Landmark building of the

YWCA Boston The Boston Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (est.1866) was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, "to aid the young working-women of Boston, without regard to their religious belief." It was incorporated in 1867 by Pauline A. Durant, Ann Mari ...

Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA is a historic YWCA building located in the Hugh neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911 and expanded in 1916. It is a six-story, brick with terracotta trim building in the Coloni ...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee), listed on the NRHP in Davidson County, Tennessee * Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, Fort Worth, Texas, also known as ''YWCA of Fort Worth'', NRHP-listed * Young Women's Christian Association (Richmond, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Richmond, Virginia * Young Women's Christian Association (Bellingham, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Whatcom County, Washington * YWCA Building (Seattle), Seattle, Washington, listed on the NRHP in King County, Washington * Young Women's Christian Association Building (Yakima, Washington),

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listed on the NRHP in Yakima County, Washington * Phillis Wheatley YWCA, Washington, D.C., listed on the NRHP in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C. * Lovejoy Manor, Janesville, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP in Rock County, Wisconsin

Related places

Related places include: *

Barbizon Hotel for Women The Barbizon (known since 2005 as Barbizon 63), is a building located at 140 East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was for many decades a female-only residential hotel for young women who came to New York City for ...

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* Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association Building, Baltimore, Maryland

References

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