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Hull House was co-founded in 1889, in Chicago, Illinois, by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. It was one of the first settlement houses in the U.S. and eventually grew into one of the largest, with facilities in 13 buildings. Because of the Hull House’s social, educational and artistic programs, it earned a reputation as the best-known settlement house in the U.S. and became the standard bearer for the movement that included almost 500 settlements nationally by 1920.^[1] Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... USS Constitution A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, site, structure, or object, almost always within the United States, officially recognized for its historical significance. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 1464 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): University of Illinois system University of Illinois at Chicago Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a public, state-supported research university. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 â€“ May 21, 1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement. ... We dont have an article called Ellen Gates Starr Start this article Search for Ellen Gates Starr in. ... Settlement houses not by a set of services but by an approach: that initiative to correct come from indigenous neighborhood leaders or organizations. ...

The original building and several subsequent acquisitions were continuously renovated to accommodate the changing demands of the association. The original building and one additional building (which has been moved 200 yards)^[2] survive today. The original building was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 12, 1974.^[3] It was designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark on June 23, 1965.^[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, which is the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted creating the register. Chicago Landmark is a designation of the Mayor of Chicago and the Chicago City Council for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago, Illinois. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... USS Constitution A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, site, structure, or object, almost always within the United States, officially recognized for its historical significance. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) is a piece of legislation in the United States of America concerned with sites of historic and archaeological interest. ...

Mission

At its inception, Hull House's main purpose was to provide social and educational opportunities for working class people (many of them recent immigrants) in the surrounding neighborhood. The Hull House conducted careful studies of the Near West Side, Chicago community area, which housed many of Chicago's most recent European immigrants.^[5] The "residents" (volunteers at Hull were given this title) held classes in literature, history, art, domestic activities (such as sewing), and many other subjects. Hull House also held concerts that were free to everyone, offered free lectures on current issues, and operated clubs for both children and adults. Download high resolution version (434x640, 33 KB)WPA poster from the Library of Congress: http://hdl. ... Download high resolution version (434x640, 33 KB)WPA poster from the Library of Congress: http://hdl. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The Near West Side, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois directly adjacent to the downtown central business district (the Loop). ... The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ...

Accomplishments

During the first two decades of operation, Hull House attracted many female residents who later became prominent and influential reformers at various levels.^[1] The settlement was also gradually drawn into advocating for legislative reforms at the municipal, state and federal levels, addressing issues such as child labor, women's suffrage, and immigration policy. Some claim that the work of the Hull House marked the beginning of what we know today as "Social Welfare".^[6] At the neighborhood level, Hull House established the city’s first public playground and bathhouse, pursued educational and political reform, and investigated housing, working and sanitation issues.^[1] At the municipal level, their pursuit of legal reforms led to the first juvenile court in the United States, and their work influenced urban planning and the transition to a branch library system.^[1] At the state level Hull House influenced legislation on child labor laws, occupational safety and health provisions, compulsory education, immigrant rights, and pension laws.^[1] These experiences translated to success at the federal level, working with the settlement house network to champion national child labor laws, women’s suffrage, a Children’s Bureau, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation and other elements of the Progressive agenda during the first two decades of the 20th century.^[1] Child labourers coming out of a dye factory, Dhaka, Bangladesh Child labor (or child labour) is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Juvenile courts or young offender courts are courts specifically created and given authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of majority. ... Child labourers coming out of a dye factory, Dhaka, Bangladesh Child labor (or child labour) is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Compulsory education is education which children are required by law to receive and governments to provide. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Unemployment Compensation is an amount received by a taxpayer, originating from the United States or a State. ... Workers compensation systems (colloquially known as workers comp in North American English or compo in Australian English) provides compensation for employees who are injured in the course of employment. ...

Teachings

Later, the settlement branched out and offered services to ameliorate some of the effects of poverty. A public dispensary provided nutritious food for the sick as well as a daycare center and public baths. Among the courses Hull House offered was a bookbinding course, which was timely given the employment opportunities in the growing printing trade.^[7] Hull House was well known for its success in aiding American assimilation, especially with immigrant youth.^[8] Hull House became the center of the movement to promote hand workmanship as a moral regenerative force.^[9] The success of Hull House led Paul Kellogg to refer to the group as the "Great Ladies of Halsted Street.^[10] Old book binding and cover Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. ... Paul Kellogg was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1879. ...

The objective of Hull House, as stated in its charter, was: "To provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago."^[11]

The Building

Hull House was located in, and took its name from, the Italianate mansion built by real estate magnate Charles J. Hull at 800 South Halsted Street in 1856. The building was located in what had once been a fashionable part of town, but by 1889, when Addams was searching for a location for her experiment, it had descended into squalor. This was partly due to the rapid and overwhelming influx of immigrants into the Near West Side neighborhood. Charles Hull granted his former home to his niece Helen Culver, who in turn granted it to Addams on a 25-year rent-free lease. By 1907, Addams had acquired 13 buildings surrounding Hull's mansion. Between 1889 and 1935, Addams and Ellen Gates Starr continuously redeveloped the building.^[2] The facility remained at the original location until it was purchased in 1963 by the University of Illinois-Circle Campus.^[12] The development of University of Illinois-Circle Campus required the demolition of many surrounding Hull House buildings^[2] and the 1967 restoration to the original building by Frazier, Raftery, Orr and Fairbank removed Addam's third floor addition. Of the dozen additional buildings only the craftsman style dining hall (built in 1905 and designed by Pond & Pond) survives and it was moved 200 yards from its original site.^[13]^[2] The Near West Side, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois directly adjacent to the downtown central business district (the Loop). ... Born in 1832, Helen Culver was a successful real estate developer and philanthropist. ... The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ...

The Haunting of Hull House

Over the years, numerous stories of ghosts and hauntings have surrounded Hull House, making it a stop on many of the "ghosts in Chicago" tours. Charles Hull's wife had died in her bedroom, which was later used by Addams after the establishment of Hull House. Addams believed the house was haunted, as related in her book Twenty Years at Hull House.^[14] A ghostly woman coming down the stairs. ... Reputed ghost of a monk. ...

In the 1920s, another Hull House ghost story began circulating. According to this legend, after a man claimed that he would rather have the Devil in his house than a picture of The Virgin Mary, his child was born with pointed ears, horns, scale-covered skin and a tail. The mother was said to have taken the baby to Hull House, where Addams attempted to have it baptized and wound up locking it in the attic.^[15] Satan frozen at the center of Cocytus, the ninth circle of Hell in Dantes Inferno. ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ...

Theater

Addams felt that the community benefits from theater plays and thus established an amateur theater in the Hull House in 1899.^[16] In 1963, when road tours of Broadway productions became common, the Hull House Theater in the Jane Addams Center at 3212 North Broadway fostered the development of Chicago Theater companies for the rest of the century.^[16] Founder, Bob Sickinger created an environment to nourish young talent with professionalism.^[17] Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ...

Today

Addams ran Hull House as head resident until her death in 1935. Hull House continued to serve the community surrounding the Halsted location until it was displaced by the urban campus of the University of Illinois. Today, the social service center role is performed throughout the city at various locations under the Jane Addams Hull House Association umbrella organization. The association has, since 1962, perpetuated the name and many of the aspirations of the original institution.^[1] The original Hull House building itself is a museum, part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is open to the public. The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a public, state-supported research university. ...

Selected notable residents

Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 â€“ July 28, 1957) was a social worker, educator, and author. ... Grace Abbott (November 17, 1878 - June 19, 1939) was an American social worker who specifically worked in advancing child welfare. ... Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 â€“ May 21, 1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement. ... Neva Leona Boyd (1876-1963) founded the Recreational Training School at the Hull House in Chicago. ... Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (April 1, 1866-July 30, 1948), American activist. ... Dorothy Detzer (December 1, 1893 in Ft. ... Dr. Alice Hamilton Dr Alice Hamilton (1869 - 1970) was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard Medical School and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health. ... Florence Kelley (1859 - February 17, 1932) was a reformer from Philadelphia She was the daughter of Congressman William Darrah Pig Iron Kelley. ... Julia Lathrop (June 29, 1858 - April 15, 1932), was an American social reformer. ... Alzina Stevens (Maine 1849 - Chicago 1900) was a trade unionist and active in Hull House. ...

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Johnson, Mary Ann, Hull House, p. 402, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Schulte, Franz and Kevin Harrington, Chicago's Famous Buildings, fifth edition, University of Chicago Press, 2003, pp. 212-3, ISBN 0-226-74066-8.
^ Jane Addams' Hull House. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. (2003). Retrieved on March 6, 2007.
^ Hull House. National Park Service. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
^ Hull-House Maps Its Neighborhood. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society (2005). Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
^ Jackson, Shannon. "Theorizing: 'The Scaffolding'." Lines of Activity Performance, Historiography, Hull House Domesticity. Ann Arbor: the University of Michigan Press, 2000 as cited at http://louisville.edu/a-s/english/haymarket/stanton/bibpage.html on March 26, 2007.
^ Gehl, Paul F., Book Arts, p. 87, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
^ Gems, Gerald R., Clubs: Youth Clubs, p. 181, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
^ Darling, Sharon S., Arts and Crafts Movement, p. 49, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
^ McMillen, Wayne (2007). SSA Tour: Edith Abbott. The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ All ACUA Staff (2007). Hull House Settlement House Questionnaire, 1893. The Catholic University Of America. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
^ Jane Addams' Hull House. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. (2003). Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
^ Sinkevitch, Alice, AIA Guide To Chicago, second edition, A Harcourt Original, 2004, pp. 301-2, ISBN 0-15-222900-0.
^ J. Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, (New York: MacMillan & Co., 1910), ch.5.
^ Weird & Haunted Chicago, "Jane Addams' Hull House". Troy Taylor (2000). Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
^ ^a ^b Christiansen, Richard, Theater Companies, p. 817-8, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
^ Telli, Andrea and Richard Pettengill, Acting, Ensemble, p. 2-3, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9

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