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  2. Settlement and community houses in the United States

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    Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.

  3. Settlement movement - Wikipedia

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    The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in the United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social connection. Its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban ...

  4. List of active settlement houses - Wikipedia

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    Hartley House New York, New York United States Henry Street Settlement: New York, New York: United States The House of The Seven Gables Settlement: Salem, Massachusetts: United States [23] Hudson Guild: New York, New York: United States Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement: Long Island City, New York: United States [24] John Hope Settlement House

  5. List of historical settlement houses - Wikipedia

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    Holy Child Settlement: Poplar, East London: England Hull House: Chicago, Illinois: United States John Stewart Settlement House: Gary, Indiana: United States North East Neighborhood House: Minneapolis, Minnesota: United States Girls' Club of San Francisco: San Francisco, California: United States [[Whittier House (Jersey City, New Jersey ...

  6. Houchen Settlement House - Wikipedia

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    The Houchen Settlement House was founded in 1912 in El Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas. The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social ...

  7. Category:Settlement houses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    S. Settlement and community houses in the United States. The Shack Neighborhood House. South Park Settlement. John Stewart Settlement House.

  8. Kingsbridge Heights Community Center - Wikipedia

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    Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) is a settlement house founded in 1974 by community activists Janet Athanasidy, Patricia Burns, and Mary McLoughlin, serving the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood and the Bronx. KHCC offers programs and services in multiple sites for more than 4,500 people annually. Guided by the settlement house model ...

  9. Human settlement - Wikipedia

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    London, a city in the United Kingdom, is a large settlement with a human population of 14 million in its metropolitan area. In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings ...