Woman's Building - Azalea Residential Historic District - Tyler, TX - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

"This two story red brick veneer club building was designed in 1931 for the Tyler Woman's Forum and other local woman's cultural and civic groups. The building rests atop a full basement that houses dining and kitchen facilities. The primary facade is asymmetrical and finished with red brick and plaster distinguished by an integral, partial width portico with Tuscan columns, an arched entry with cast-stone fan light and 6/6 double hung wood sash and wood casement windows detailed with wood shutters. Arched doors and windows are found on non-primary facades and in the basement, which opens on the north elevation onto a small terrace area. Decorative brickwork, gable returns and a balconette grace the primary facade. Brick quoins are at the corners of the building and at corners of projecting sections of the primary façade

The Woman's Building was constructed through the efforts of many Tyler women over several years in the prosperous 1920s. The Tyler Woman's Forum began in 1923 when 60 women belonging to three Federated Women's Clubs sought to promote "better living and truer friendship" among the women of Tyler. In 1928 the Woman's Building Association was formed from the membership of the Woman's Forum to plan and raise funds for the construction of a new community building and woman club meeting place."