YWCA Youngstown
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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
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, 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
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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

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 Youngstown, which now has one other location, is still actively using this building as its headquarters. Housing is now provided for homeless families as well as homeless women. YWCA Youngstown has recently received grant money to convert its 36 existing single room units in this building into 30 self-contained efficiency and one-bedroom units.

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