The YWCA Building, located at 25 West Rayen Avenue in
Youngstown
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,
Ohio
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, is an historic building built in 1911 for members of the
Young Women's Christian Association
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 ...
. On July 23, 1986, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
. YWCA Mahoning Valley, formerly known as YWCA Youngstown, occupies the building. YWCA Youngstown merged with YWCA Warren on May 1, 2018, to become YWCA Mahoning Valley. YWCA Mahoning Valley also operates a site at 375 North Park Avenue in
Warren, Ohio
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The his ...
, as well as scattered-site housing in the greater Youngstown area.
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
History and current use
The building was built in 1911 for members of the YWCA. Like many YWCAs of the time, the Youngstown YWCA provided rooms for single women to rent in addition to providing recreational and social activities. YWCA Mahoning Valley is still actively using this building as its headquarters and administrative offices. Housing is now provided for homeless families as well as homeless women. in 2009 and 2010, YWCA Youngstown (as it was known at the time) received grant money to convert its 36 existing single room units in this building into 30 self-contained efficiency and one-bedroom units.
Ohio Green Communities Grant to YMCA Youngstown
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See also
* List of YWCA buildings
This is a list of notable YWCA 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, Weste ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio
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References
External links
National Register listings for Mahoning County, Ohio
YWCA Youngstown home page
YWCA Youngstown facilities
Ohio Green Communities Grant to YMCA Youngstown
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Mahoning County, Ohio
Buildings and structures in Youngstown, Ohio
Women's organizations based in the United States
YWCA buildings
History of women in Ohio
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