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Institutional and Private LibrariesHyde Library%u2014%u2014Young Womens Christian Association%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, IndianaErected in 1909, razed in 1975A YWCA was incorporated in Indianapolis on January 15, 1895, and moved into its first building that September. The library on this postcard was in the Y%u2019s fifth home in Indianapolis, a $102,560.09, four-story structure designed by Oscar D. Bohlen. Besides a library, the building boasted the city%u2019s first indoor swimming pool, and also had a large gymnasium, an auditorium, a cafeteria, several classrooms, and residential rooms. Over the years, other facilities were opened, including a learning center for unwed pregnant girls. In the 1980s, the Y offered daycare and latchkey programs for children as well as senior citizens. By the early 1990s, it had a full-time staff of 20, an annual budget of approximately $1 million, and provided activities to roughly 2,000 members in the community. Unfortunately, the YWCA in Indianapolis was disbanded in 2012.