The Women's Improvement Club of Hueneme is located at 239 E. Scott St. in

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. It is a historic club whose building is listed on the

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Club

In 1989, the club was the oldest

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house in all of

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and was still active. It was founded in 1909 by 15 women with goals to improve the town and to create a library. The club opened a library in 1909 at the A.O.U.W.

Clubhouse

The

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clubhouse building was opened in 1915 as a clubhouse and library. It served as the town's library until 1935. and In 1935 it succeeded in having a regular public library opened. Also known as Women's Improvement Club, it was listed on the

in 1989. The listing included one

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and one

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"LANDMARKS / COUNTY HISTORICAL SITES : Monument to Decades of Improvement"
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