Harriet Judson Y.W.C.A. Building, November 25, 1929. Designed in a Renaissance Revival/Colonial Revival style by the architect Frank Freeman, the Harriet Judson YWCA Building was completed in 1913. The Young Woman’s Christian Association in Brooklyn was founded in 1888 and offered a meeting place for young working women. The women had access to lectures, concerts, a reading room, Christian education classes, and later more skills-based classes such as sewing, millinery, and office skills. This building was the second purpose-built YWCA in the area, the first was a 1892 Montrose Morris structure on Flatbush Avenue. This building was planned when the need for more residential space became apparent. Named for the first president of the YWCA, the building could house more than 200 women, and did for more than 50 year. The proximity to mass transportation was critical to the working women who lived in and used the services here. The YWCA sold the building in 1969. In 1998 it was purchased by the Institute for Community Living, a supportive housing organization, which continues to used the building as a residence today.