Nomination for Women's Christian Association

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Women's Christian Association No. 2 AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER (S.W. corner of Fifth and -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Day ton - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED _BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45407 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Ohio 45402 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS LOCATION 039 HISTORIC DATE 113 CODE BOTH CLASSIFICATION COUNTY TITLE SITE CATEGORY STATE SCIENTIFIC ENTERTAINMENT ACCESSIBLE DISTRICT RECEIVED GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP RELIGIOUS NAME PUBLIC STRUCTURE STATUS Montgomery _TRANSPORTATION _INDUSTRIAL DATA SHEET 3rd--Charles Whalen 327 South Summit Street Women's Christian Association, c/o Mrs. Jessie Hathcock XUNOCCUPIED DATE ENTERED Ohio COURTHOUSE, _COMMERCIAL - EDUCATIONAL _PARK _OBJECT PH0369187 XBUILDING(S) - MILITARY XNO X OTHER: none REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

Montgomery County Recorder's Office _FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL MAY 1 31976 451 West Third Street AGRICULTURE Horace Streets) 800 West Fifth Street - MUSEUM *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

and balustrade (removed) above the cornice. CONDITION DESCRIPTION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT XDETERIORATED FAIR This rather nondescript two story late nineteenth century The eaves project circular cap with decorative panel above a mullion window. in the right bay has straight concrete steps with stoop and plain with soffit and the gables verge projecting having box The roofs are asphalt shingle with a chimney left of center and XUNALTERED building is notable for its history not its architecture or CHECK ONE in front of the ridge. five bay facade is a pavilion with the gable having a rectangular has a one story three bay porch with -GOOD LRUINS The fenestra- condition which is deteriorating. The ground floor windows in the east sash with wood frame.

wrought iron railing, a gable hood on box brackets and a one wing and north wall are mullion.The south wall AREAS OF

Statement of significance

social services when cut out of the normal community channels it provided a focus for women's social activities in the ghetto. who found themselves badly billeted and poorly supplied. The 1400-1499 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD RELIGION ARCHITECTURE THEATER SIGNIFICANCE LAW ART Minority History TRANSPORTATION MILITARY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCIENCE LITERATURE INVENTION do what we can for suffering children." _1800-1899 renaissance of West Fifth Street comes into effect. for young women providing recreation and resonably priced rooms _PREHISTORIC community purpose will be found for the building as a planned _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT W.C.A. provided encouragement, personal amenities, and news from INDUSTRY The Women's Christian Association is a particularly noteworthy home to raise sagging morale in the camps. _COMMERCE minded black women, including among its responsible leaders, Mrs.

W.C.A.as the hub of charitable efforts to support the black troops Ethnic and The W.c.A.was especially important as a wholesome environment _1600-1699 welfare of the women in our midst, to aid suffering humanity and to civic morale in the face of segregation and provide essential _COMMUNICATIONS Although the W.c.A.continued to function its mission was now example of the efforts by leaders in the Black community to maintain _CONSERVATION The Y.W.c.A.of that time denied young ladies of the Black community -ENGINEERING as whites forced blacks into ghettos in the late nineteenth century. -ECONOMICS -1700-1799 In 19l8 the Dayton Y.W.C.A.moved to extend its services to _PHILOSOPHY _1500-1599 Ida Price, Mrs. Eugenia Foston, Mrs. H.J.Lawrence, Mrs. Mary Shaw, the W.c.A.backed the Y.W.C.A.'s effort morally and leased its 1900- access to their facilities.

To fill the void, a group of high the black community. The Y.W.C.A. outgrew preempted. Costs were rising and the area around the house was BUILDER/ARCHITECT becoming unsafe for young women at night.The W.c.A.lives on in Led by Mrs. Mary Shaw and Mrs. Jessie Hathcock, the facility and built its own center on Summit Street in l924. building to the Y.W.C.A. for a dollar a year.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one acre VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE December 23, 1975 STREET & NUMBER The Old Court House, P. O. Box 461 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45420 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officen for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 ZONE CODE DATE ORGANIZATION NATIONAL TELEPHONE NORTHING Dayton LOCAL COUNTY 513/228-6271 Oral History--Mrs. Jessie Hathcock. Public Record.

UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Mrs. Puch, "History of the West Side Y.W.C.A." hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Montgomery County Historical Society ATTEST: 14:410.31890 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL Send-back Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Re-submit Review HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF MAY 13 1976 National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Montgomery Working Number 3. 2. 7e . 2% 45 542 State 76,001501 Montgomery County, Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hhe_northeast 1oo. The Facade from_ Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM MAY 1 3 1976 DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Women's Christian Association No. 2 AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF Ohio PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Montgomery County Historical Society, P. O. Box 461, NEGATIVE FILED AT Dayton, Ohio 45402 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Montgomery LOCATION Dayton HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION COUNTY The facade from the northeast STATE RECIEVED PHOTO REFERENCE NAME SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO NO. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Montgomery Co,Ohio Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM MAY 1 3 1976 TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Women's Christian Association No. 2 AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN _VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO December 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Montgomery LOCATION COUNTY IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC RECIEVED STATE The rear from the southeast PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio NAME DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS PHOTO NO. Dayton,Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY NEGATIVE FILED AT Montgomery County Historical Society, P. O. Box 461, Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM IDATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Women's Christian Association No. 2 AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF Dayton . Ohio 45407 MAP REFERENCE SOURCE United States Geological Survey SCALE 1:24,000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 REQUIREMENTS LOCATION COUNTY HISTORIC STATE NAME RECEIVED MAY 1 3 1976 Montgomery DATE 1965 (Rev. 10-74) DAYTON NORTH, OHIO DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC) OHIO_ MONTGOMARY CO MAR 2 1976 RECEIVED UNITED STATES Women's Christian OTHER NANES: CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) V FEDERAL(AGENCY NAME) : NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) _ Substantially intact-1 - unknown - 4 _ unknown.-5 - not applicable - 7 -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-o CONDITION - SRUINS No access Yes-unrestricted YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ASOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Lsocio/cultural _urban & commun "first" YES "oldest'2 YES Saved? SOUTHEAST Claims INTERIOR OTHER EDUCATION MIDWEST COUNTY DOE code ECONOMICS Reviewer ENVIRONS FEATURES: SCIENCE STATE MOVED TRANSPORTATION EXPLORATION AGRICULTURE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING CONSERVATION N.ATLANTIC SIGNIFICANCE: MILITARY planning ART _UNEXPOSED PRIVATE INVENTION .COMMUNICATIONS MID ATLANTIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC FAIR MUSIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PACIFIC NORTHWEST OTHER(SPECIFY) DETERIORATED -entertainment historic district?

ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC ROCKY MOUNTAIN WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? -Reconstructed LITERATURE settlement ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _PHILOSOPHY 113 WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? -recreation _INDUSTRY _health -LAw/Gov't/politics _COMMERCE XUNALTERED _RELIGION ZORIGINAL SITE -Unexcavated DATE: -GOOD IF YES, NAME: "only" _EXCELLENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: per sonal (label role FEDERAL AGENCY: artist/artisan: STATE architect/m.builder: engineer: DATES: OTHER events interior decorator: MUNICIPAL COUNTY NAMES: PRIVATE landscape/garden designer: SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) appropriate date) builder/contractor: LOCAL GOV"T DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: VERNACULAR. institutional ETHNIC GROUP: Black 1895-1909 1889 Kirkland, Jared P., House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr.

INT: 2950-75 Location STATE 5/17/76 Name Spring Grove Cemetery MMott/row Dayton Poland Montgomery County Hamilton County Director Cincinnati Mahoning County Madison County Germantown State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Regional Director, Midwest Region Cary Village Site Also Notified Woman's Christian Association Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Hon. Charles J. Carney Plain City vieinity Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Donald D. Clancy Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie February 24, 1976 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Dr. Murtagh: Transmitted herwith are twenty (20) completed National Register forms.

All have been approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board and owners of subject properties have been informed of our intent Burr, George, House, Medina County (returned to us for SHPO signature) Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mounds 1 & 2 (letter of explanation enclosed; Mound #1 is on Register), Hamilton County Harshman Covered Bridge, Preble Co. Free Will Baptist Church of Auburn, Geauga Co. Holy Rosary Church, Cuyahoga Co. W. C. A. Building, Montgomery Co. Rubicon Farm, Montgomery Co. Stone Bridge, Belmont Co. St. Joseph's Church & Friary, Cuyahoga Co. Cook, Zimri, House, Medina Co. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. White, Samuel M., House, Erie Co. Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge, Mahoning Co. St. Stanislaus Church, Cuyahoga Co. Wilmot United Brethren Church, Stark Co. Langstroth Cottage, Butler Co.

State Historic Preservation Officer and Director, Ohio Historical Society Ohio Historical Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 Sincerely, THS/g1k RESUBMISSION: Ohio Historic Preservation Office to Register: NEW SUBMISSIONS: BOUNDARY CHANGE: Seher, William, House, Lorain Co. The Salt House, Clermont Co. Old College Hill Post Office, Hamilton Co. Patterson, Samuel N., House, Greene Co.