Young Women's Christian Association of Cincinnati

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Young Women's Christian Association of Cincinnati
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Location898 Walnut St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°06′19″N84°30′44″W / 39.1054°N 84.5121°W / 39.1054; -84.5121 Coordinates: 39°06′19″N84°30′44″W / 39.1054°N 84.5121°W / 39.1054; -84.5121
ArchitectPanzer & Martin Rendigs [1]
NRHP reference No. 82003591 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1982 [1]

Young Women's Christian Association of Cincinnati is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 1982.

The Young Women's Christian Association of Cincinnati was founded in 1868. [2]

The building hosts an active YWCA fitness facility. It is located Downtown Cincinnati at Ninth Street and Walnut.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. Clark, S. J. (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 292. Retrieved 2013-05-20.


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