Lincoln YWCA Building

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Lincoln YWCA Building
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Location1432 N Street, Lincoln, Nebraska
Coordinates 40°48′46″N96°41′55″W / 40.81278°N 96.69861°W / 40.81278; -96.69861 (Lincoln YWCA Building)
Arealess than one acre
Built1932 (1932)
ArchitectMeginnis & Schaumberg
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 84002490 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1984

The Lincoln YWCA Building is a historic three-story building in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was built in 1932 for the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), and designed in the Georgian Revival style by architects Meginnis & Schaumberg, with an "entrance frontispiece, fluted pilasters, window lintels, inset panels, and blind balustrades;-darker brickwork simulating quoins at corners and diaperwork on side walls." [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 21, 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Daniel Kidd (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lincoln YWCA Building". National Park Service . Retrieved May 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures