List of settlement houses in Chicago

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Hull House, the first settlement house in Chicago.

This is a list of settlement houses in Chicago.

Settlement houses, which reached their peak popularity in the early 20th century, were marked by a residential approach to social work: the social workers ("residents") would live in the settlement house, and thus be a part of the same communities as the people they served. The movement began in England in 1884 but quickly spread; the first settlement house in Chicago was Hull House, founded in 1889.

By 1911, Chicago's neighborhoods boasted dozens of settlement houses, but in the course of the 20th century most of these closed. Some, however, remain in operation as social service agencies today, although most no longer follow the residential model. Some also merged into other organizations; for example, the Chicago Commons Association absorbed a number of settlement houses including Chicago Commons itself, the , and the . Modern-day institutions that are or once were settlement houses include the Northwestern University Settlement House on the Near North Side and in Bridgeport.

The scope of this list includes any institution in Chicago that functioned as a settlement house at one time, even if it subsequently ceased to follow the settlements' residential model. Some addresses are based on sources prior to the 1910s, and may thus reflect older street-numbering systems and not correspond to the address the structure would have today.

List[]

Name Also known as Location(s) Founder(s) Establishment Disestablishment Affiliations

Original Abraham Lincoln Centre building

Abraham Lincoln Center Oakwood Boulevard & Langley (original)

3858 S. Cottage Grove (current)

Jenkin Lloyd Jones 1905[1] Still operating[1] Originally affiliated with the All Souls Unitarian Church
Francis E. Clark Settlement (1903-1910)[2] 250 W 22nd[2] (1909-) Charles W. Espey, Will La Favor[3] 1903[3]
YWCA Settlement 2150 W North[4] North Side YWCA 1899[4] Still operating[5]
Providence Day Nursery (1907-1916)

House of Happiness (1916-1942)[6]

3052 S. Gratten[6] Janett Sturges[6] 1907 Still operating[6]
1409 Wabash[7] C.A. Kelly[8] 1903[8] Open Church Methodist[8]
1951 W Fulton[3] W.T. Sumner, Frank K. Sadler[3] 1908
Chase Neighborhood House 637 W 43rd[7] 1907[9] St. Paul's Episcopal Church[9]
Chicago Commons

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Grand & Morgan (1901-1948) 1894 Still operating (as citywide association)[10]
[11] 1258 W Taylor[7] 1906[9]
1528 East Fullerton[7] (1907-)[12] 1907 First Presbyterian Church of Evanston[12]
245 Clybourn[13] David Swing 1893[13] a. 1900 Presbyterian Home Mission Board (1893-1897)[14]
Elm Street Settlement, Unity Settlement[15] 621 Elm[7] 1895[15] Unity Church[15]
2732 W Armour Dr. Fannie Emanuel[15] 1908[15]
1802 Emerson[7]

(various subsequent locations)

1910[12] 1948: Merged with Chicago Commons[10]
Settlement House of Armitage Avenue[15] 1917 N. Humboldt[7] (1908-) [15] 1900[15]
Helen Heath Settlement (1895-1904)[16] 831 W 33rd Place[7] 1895 All Souls Unitarian Church (1895-1904)[16]
Forward Movement Epworth House[17] Monroe & Loomis[17] Rev. George W. Gray[17] 1893[17] Methodist Episcopal Church (1893-1896)[17]
3032 Wabash[18] Celia Parker Woolley[18] 1904
Gads Hill Center Gads Hill Social Settlement (1898-1916)[19] 1959 W. 20th (1909-)[20]

1919 W. Cullerton (present)[19]

Leila A. Martin[20] 1898[20] Still operating[19]
Halsted & 20th[12] 1903[12]
701 W 14th Place[21] William Mackintire Salter[21] 1898[21] Ethical Culture Society[21]
Hull House

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Hull-House 800 S. Halsted Jane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr 1889[22] 2012: filed for bankruptcy.[23]
5643 S Lake[24] Hyde Park Juvenile Protection League 1909[24]
Dearborn Center 3825 S Dearborn[25] 1900[25] African Methodist Episcopal Church[25]
Kirkland School Settlement 219 Indiana[26] Elizabeth Kirkland 1896[26] 1897
Guardian Angel Mission (1898-1922)[27] Agnes Ward Amberg 1898[27] 1962[27] Roman Catholic Church
1214 S Clinton[7] Jacob Abt, Jesse Lowenhaupt[28] 1893[28]

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1895[29] a. 1900 American Medical Missionary College
Girls' Club 531 W Superior 1897[30]
2512 Wentworth[31] 1906 Christ Reformed Episcopal Church[28]
6710 May[31] (1906-)[32] Harriet Van Der Vaart 1907[32] Universalist Church of Englewood (1897-1900)[32]
Northwestern University Settlement House

Harriet E. Vittum with children.jpg

Augusta & Noble[31] (1901–present)[33] Henry Wade Rogers, Charles Zueblin, et al.[33] 1891 Still operating[34]
Olivet Institute Vedder & Penn[35] Norman Barr[35] 1898[35] 1966/1967: merged with Chicago Commons[10] Presbyterian Church
Onward Neighborhood House Onward Presbyterian Church Ohio & Leavitt (1893-2017)

5423 W Diversey Ave (2017-present)[36]

Mission Sunday School[37] (Hoyne and Grand Ave) 1893 Still operating
Rouse Settlement 3213 Wallace[38] 1898[38] Trinity Episcopal Church[38]
10441 S Hoxie[31] Harriet Mitchell, Mrs. Alex Natanson[39] 1907[39]
3212 91st[31] Grace Darling 1907[39]
Ada S. McKinley Community Services Ada S. McKinley 1919[40] Still operating[41]
317 Orleans[31] 1893[42] Roman Catholic Church
656 W 44th[31] Roman Catholic Church
G.F. Swift Memorial[43] 4356 Union Avenue[31] 1906[43] Methodist Church

University of Chicago Settlement Gymnasium.jpg

Mary McDowell Settlement House 4630 Gross Avenue[31] (1905-)[44] Mary McDowell 1894[44] 1966/1967: merged with Chicago Commons[10] Christian Union of the University of Chicago[44]
Wentworth & 43rd Pl.[45] Lillie Anna Pfeiffer[45] 1909[45]

Works cited[]

  • Rima Lunin Schulz; Adele Hast, eds. (1990). Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253338522.
  • Montgomery, Caroline Williamson (1900). Bibliography of college, social, university and church settlements (4th ed.). College Settlements Association.
  • Raymond, Josephine Hunt (1897). The Social Settlement Movement in Chicago. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Spain, Daphne (2001). How Women Saved the City. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816635323.
  • Woods, Robert A.; Kennedy, Albert J. (1911). Handbook of Settlements (1970 reprint ed.). Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 040502486X.

See also[]

  • Settlement house

References[]

  1. ^ a b "History". Abraham Lincoln Centre. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  2. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 38.
  3. ^ a b c d Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 39.
  4. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 73.
  5. ^ "About Us". Association House of Chicago. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  6. ^ a b c d "History". Benton House. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Spain 2001, p. 267.
  8. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 74.
  9. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 75.
  10. ^ a b c d Chicago Commons Association. "About Us". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  11. ^ Lederman, Sarah Henry (2005). "Settlement Houses in the United States". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  12. ^ a b c d e Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 76.
  13. ^ a b Raymond 1897, p. 58.
  14. ^ Raymond 1897, p. 59.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 47.
  16. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 48.
  17. ^ a b c d e Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 49.
  18. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 50.
  19. ^ a b c "About Us: History". Gads Hill Center. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  20. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 51.
  21. ^ a b c d Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 52.
  22. ^ Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 53.
  23. ^ Thayer, Kate (2012-01-19). "Jane Addams Hull House to close". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  24. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 64.
  25. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 77.
  26. ^ a b Raymond 1897, p. 103.
  27. ^ a b c Skok, Deborah Ann. "Madonna Center". Encyclopedia of Chicago.
  28. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 78.
  29. ^ International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association (1897). "Medical Missionary College Settlement". Year Book. International Missionaryand BenevolentAssociation.
  30. ^ Montgomery 1900, p. 17.
  31. ^ a b c d e f g h i Spain 2001, p. 268.
  32. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 65.
  33. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 66.
  34. ^ "About Us". Northwestern University Settlement Association. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  35. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 79.
  36. ^ "Onward Neighborhood House". Onward Neighborhood House. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  37. ^ "Urban Experience In Chicago:Recreation and Sports at Hull-House". hullhouse.uic.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  38. ^ a b c Montgomery 1900, p. 18.
  39. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 68.
  40. ^ "History". Ada S. McKinley Community Services. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  41. ^ "Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc". Ada S. McKinley Community Services. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  42. ^ Montgomery 1900, p. 14.
  43. ^ a b Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 80.
  44. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 69.
  45. ^ a b c Woods & Kennedy 1911, p. 72.

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