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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.
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 ...
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Houchen Settlement House. Coordinates: 31.7551°N 106.4769°W. 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 ...
Association House of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. United States [ 3 ] Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia. British Columbia. Canada [ 4 ] Barton Hill Settlement. Bristol. England [ 5 ]
June 12, 1974. Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to ...
S. Settlement and community houses in the United States. The Shack Neighborhood House. South Park Settlement. John Stewart Settlement House.
Kingsley Association. The Kingsley Association, organized in 1893, began as a single settlement house located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, named the Kingsley House. It has since relocated its settlement house to East Liberty (Pittsburgh) where it continues to operate today. It has also expanded to operate the Lillian Taylor Camp, an open air ...