YWCA Youngstown

The YWCA Youngstown, located at 25 West Rayen Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, is an historic building built in 1911 for members of the Young Women's Christian Association. On July 23, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the YWCA Building.National Register listingYWCA Building ** 25 W. Rayen Ave., YoungstownHistoric Significance: Event, Architecture/EngineeringArchitect, builder, or engineer: Wade, AngusArchitectural Style: Classical RevivalArea of Significance: Architecture, Social HistoryPeriod of Significance: 1900-1924Owner: PrivateHistoric Function: SocialHistoric Sub-function: CivicCurrent Function: SocialCurrent Sub-function: CivicHistory and current useThe 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.