YWCA (Muncie, Indiana)

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YWCA
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Muncie YWCA, January 2012
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Location310 E. Charles St., Muncie, Indiana
Coordinates 40°11′28″N85°23′2″W / 40.19111°N 85.38389°W / 40.19111; -85.38389 Coordinates: 40°11′28″N85°23′2″W / 40.19111°N 85.38389°W / 40.19111; -85.38389
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectKibele & Girard; Monroe, Charles P.
MPS Downtown Muncie MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002117 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 1989

YWCA is a historic YWCA building located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, five bay by three bay, restrained Colonial Revival style brick building with limestone detailing. It has swimming pool in the basement, meeting and recreation rooms on the first floor, and sleeping rooms on the second and third floors. [2] :62–64

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Gary R. Rice; Lenny Lepola; Gretchen Bookout Cheesman & Paul C. Diebiold (May 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Muncie MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.