{"nrhp_refnum":"78002168","name":"Zanesville YWCA","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 N. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.941312528000026,"lon":-82.00529167699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A U-shaped brick building with a slate mansard roof at 49 North Sixth Street in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, built in 1926 and dedicated in 1927 as a YWCA facility.","why_significant":"The building has served the social and educational needs of many Muskingum County women since it was built. The YWCA grew from a women's club organized in 1903 and a fund drive that began after 1917 revival meetings. It has been at the forefront of women's social and religious activity in Zanesville and a social center for many local groups.","narrative":"Located less than a block north of downtown Zanesville, this U-shaped brick building on a stone foundation was constructed in 1926 as the home of the local YWCA. It has a slate mansard roof, a five-bay arcaded front porch, and a south portico with Tuscan columns. Inside, the first floor holds a reception hall, meeting rooms, and a cafeteria and kitchen, while the second floor has smaller meeting rooms, sleeping rooms, and offices. The organization traces its roots to a women's social club formed in 1903. Revival meetings in 1917 sparked a fund drive, and the Doster-Hoge House was bought as an early home before being razed for the new building. Cleveland architects Howell and Thomas designed it, and Dunzweiler Construction Co. built it for $128,500. The cornerstone was laid in October 1926 and the building was dedicated in June 1927. For more than fifty years it has been a center of women's social and religious activity in the city.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"Howell & Thomas (architects, Cleveland); Dunzweiler Construction Co. (contractor, Zanesville)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and altered; used as the Zanesville YWCA.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.982712-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002168.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002168/c7e8b6b27c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002168/c7e8b6b27c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanesville_YWCA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanesville_YWCA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990771","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanesville_YWCA","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8066148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/zanesville-ywca-78002168/"}