Vero Beach Woman's Club, Historic women's club in Vero Beach, Florida.
The Vero Beach Woman's Club is an early-20th-century clubhouse located on 21st Street that displays typical features of Florida's construction methods from that era. The building showcases the architectural style and materials common to regional homes and gathering spaces of its time.
Irene Young, wife of Vero Beach's first mayor Anthony W. Young, founded the Vero Beach Woman's Unity Club, which first met at the Sleepy Eye Lodge. The Indian River Farms Company donated land for a clubhouse, completed in 1916 next to the Youngs' house. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1995.
This club was central to Vero Beach's early development, with members championing education and public spaces for the community. The women who gathered here left a lasting mark on how the city looks and functions today through their efforts to improve public areas.
The location is walkable from downtown Vero Beach and situated in a quiet residential neighborhood. Visitors can explore the building's exterior and surrounding area to understand this period of the city's development.
The clubhouse's second library opened on February 16, 1915, stocked with 300 books donated by Mrs. Hard, while Waldo E. Sexton gave cypress and black walnut tables and desks. The club's slogan was "A beautiful Vero Beach and surrounding country, the best place on earth to live."
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