Dilapidated Building Faces Demolition Despite History ; Black Women's Organization Was Founded in 1909 On West Fifth Street by Those Excluded From the Ywca.

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DAYTON -- Designation on the National Register of Historic Places may not be enough to save the time- and weather-beaten Women's Christian Association building at 800 W. Fifth St.

The city of Dayton's Division of Housing Inspection declared the building a structural nuisance in April 2006. Now the city has asked the city's Landmark Commission for permission to bring down the building, which has been vacant since 1975.

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Dilapidated Building Faces Demolition Despite History ; Black Women's Organization Was Founded in 1909 On West Fifth Street by Those Excluded From the Ywca.

"We've got to stop destroying our history," said Margaret Peters, a retired Dayton schoolteacher, author and local ...

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