The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA is a

Young Women's Christian Association The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

building in

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, that was designed by architects Shroeder & Parish and was built in 1920. It was listed on the

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in 1983. It is named for

Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Gates, Henry Louis, ''Trials of Phillis Wheatley: Ameri ...

(1753–1784), who was likely the first black woman professional poet and writer in the United States. According to its National Register nomination, "The "Y" building is typical of the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

institutional architecture so prevalent in the District and the United States during the 1920s and 1930s." It is four stories tall over a raised basement, and is built of red brick with a corbeled brick cornice. with

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* * Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. YWCA buildings

YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

Clubhouses in Washington, D.C. Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. 1920 establishments in Washington, D.C. Buildings and structures completed in 1920 Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites Shaw (Washington, D.C.) Women in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub