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at 1224 North State St, Bellingham, WA. The organization also runs a "low barrier" emergency shelter at the First Presbyterian Church where clients are not required to participate in their programs.
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Today, the organization provides low cost apartments with a shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry in conjunction with support programs to help women. There is a retail Y's Buys
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with elements of Georgian Revival, Queen Anne, and Italian Renaissance Revival architecture. The entrance has a portico with
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Mariz, George; Richards, Alice (July 10, 1992). Elisabeth Walton Potter (ed.).
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In 1899, the first YWCA presence in Bellingham formed as a club at the
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pattern except for the friezes above the entrance which use
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Colonial Revival architecture in Washington (state)
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
An imposing brick building on a hill with "YWCA" above the entrance.
eyebrow dormers
Located in Washington (state) in the northwest corner.
Bellingham
Washington
48°44′43″N 122°28′44″W / 48.74528°N 122.47889°W / 48.74528; -122.47889
Carl Frelinghuysen Gould
Colonial Revival
Eclectic
77001367
Young Women's Christian Association
Bellingham, Washington
National Register of Historic Places
New Whatcom Normal School
thrift shop
Carl Frelinghuysen Gould
palazzo
Bellingham Bay
Colonial Revival
eclectic
Doric columns
eyebrow dormers
Flemish bond
herringbone bond
List of YWCA buildings
YWCA Building (Seattle)
YWCA Building (Yakima, Washington)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Whatcom County, Washington
"National Register Information System (#77001367)"

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