{"nrhp_refnum":"07000147","name":"YWCA Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 NE Jefferson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.694395658000076,"lon":-89.58815483099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick and stone masonry, steel-frame YWCA building constructed in 1928 at 301 NE Jefferson Street, at the eastern edge of downtown Peoria, Illinois. It was designed by Hewitt Emerson & Gregg and built by W.M. Allen Son & Company.","why_significant":"The building is listed under Criterion A in the area of Social History, reflecting its role as the local YWCA headquarters from 1928 to 1956. Its Georgian Revival design with Moderne touches also marks it as a well-preserved example of a 1920s urban institutional building. The excerpt provided contains the description but not the full significance narrative.","narrative":"Built in 1928 at the corner of Northeast Jefferson and Fayette Streets on the eastern edge of downtown Peoria, this five-story YWCA building was designed by Hewitt Emerson & Gregg and constructed by W.M. Allen Son & Company. Its steel frame is clad in tan, wire-cut face brick with limestone trim, and the design pairs Georgian Revival elements with Art Moderne touches such as a reeded limestone cornice and flat brick parapet. Windows are mostly eight-over-eight wooden sash, and the exterior arrangement reflects the interior plan, with public rooms on the lower floors and dormitory space above. The building also housed a gymnasium, pool area and basement auditorium. It was recognized for its association with social history in Peoria, with a period of significance running from 1928 to 1956. The form lists the building as vacant and not in use, with work in progress at the time of listing in 2007.","period_of_significance":"1928-1956","architect_builder":"Hewitt Emerson & Gregg/W.M. Allen Son & Company","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival; Other: Modern Movement/Moderne","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function listed on the form as vacant/not in use, with work in progress; the form also lists institutional housing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.202659-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/8938/28893878/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/07000147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000147/538cfdf866-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000147/538cfdf866-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Searobin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YWCA_Building_Peoria_IL_9-27-2012_5-19-006.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Searobin</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YWCA_Building_Peoria_IL_9-27-2012_5-19-006.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002825","name":"Downtown Peoria Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/downtown-peoria-historic-district-100002825/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893878","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YWCA_Building_(Peoria,_Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8046072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/ywca-building-07000147/"}