Young Women's Christian Association, also known as the Elkhart Y.W.C.A. and Lexington House, is a historic

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 ...

located at Elkhart,

Elkhart County, Indiana Elkhart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. , the county's population was 207,047. The county seat is Goshen. Elkhart County is part of the Elkhart- Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South ...

. It was built in 1919, and is a three-story, brick building on a raised basement and

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

style design elements. It measures approximately 40 feet wide and 150 feet deep. It has a flat roof and arched openings on the first floor. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. 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 ...

in 1991. It is located in the

Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. The district encompasses 59 contributing buildings in the central business district of Elkhart. It was developed betwee ...

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Buildings and structures completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Elkhart, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Elkhart County, Indiana Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana {{ElkhartCountyIN-NRHP-stub