• Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
  • A National Historic Landmark, free and open to the public, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum hosts exhibitions and programs that connect histories of social...
  • Friends of Addams and Starr learned about Hull House and joined the women in their initiatives.
  • Addams, Starr, and other Hull House associates were instrumental in the enactment of state child labour laws and in the establishment of juvenile courts and...
  • South of the original Hull-House is the restored settlement dining hall, one of the first buildings in addition to the main house opened by Jane Addams.
  • In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull-House in Chicago, the first settlement house in the United States.
  • The neighborhood around Hull House was ethnically diverse; a study by the residents of the demographics helped lay the groundwork for scientific sociology.
  • In her book, Twenty Years at Hull House, the late Jane Addams (1860-1935) wrote: “Another Sunday afternoon in the early spring (of 1889)...
  • Indeed, there are no photos of Addams walking on city streets outside the cloistered confines of Hull-House nor any photos of Hull-House residents walking...
  • There were around 70 people living in Hull House and it cost the settlement over $26,500 to run the house and its programs.