Results tagged “Women's Club of York” from York Town Square

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The Women's Club of York exhibits a style in architecture and interior fixtures common in the Victorian Age. Here, an angel-shaped sconce is on display at the organization's East Market Street building. (See additional photos of Victorian-era buildings in York, Pa., below). Also of interest: Women's Club of York: 'No one knew it really looked like this' and York County civic, service groups fighting for lives and Author: 'York's streetscape features almost every style and era of American architecture'.


For all of its assets, York County - particularly the York area - has a branding problem.

Its historic and cultural resources, though considerable, are not as high-profile as Lancaster County's Amish and Adams County's Gettysburg Battlefield and Dauphin County's Capitol.

The York area's two most significant historic moments - adoption of the American Revolution's Articles of Confederation and World War II's York Plan - are significant, indeed. But they're not likely to capture the imagination of tourists, much less local residents... .

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The noted artist Othmar Carli restored this fire-damaged painting in the Women's Club of York. The historic building will be featured in an upcoming issue of Spaces magazine, published by the York Daily Record/Sunday News. York County, Pa., civic, service groups fighting for lives, A short test of your York County women's history knowledge, York's Wonder Women: The stories of four more movers and shakers.

The last York Town Square visit to the Women's Club of York building told about its owners' plans to renovate the fire-damaged structure.

The owners have nicely tackled some of the main public areas, as the following story from "Spaces" indicates:

York County civic, service groups fighting for lives

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The Women's Club of York met at 228 E. Market St. from the Women's Club of York for decades. But the organization that once topped 600 members declined fewer than 100. The club couldn't pay the bills, so it sold the ornate building to private residents and received a free lease and utilities for 10 years. The Women's Club is not alone in addressing a dwindling membership. Background posts: Restoration planned for fire-damaged Women's Club, York's Wonder Women: The stories of four more movers and shakers and Histories attempt to fill blanks in women's, black history.

I wrote the following community trend piece that appeared as a York Daily Record/Sunday News editorial on March 20, 2008:

Afew weeks ago, a headline related sad news:
"Saying their goodbyes/After 84 years, the local Quota Club disbanded last year."

Such stories are becoming all-too common.

Longtime community organizations, unable to recruit new members, dissolve... .


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