• Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
  • Hull House, founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was a Settlement House in Chicago’s Near West Side.
  • Today, the museum stands as a dynamic memorial to Addams, the Hull-House residents, and their immigrant neighbors.
  • Hull House, one of the first social settlements in North America. It was founded in Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr to aid needy immigrants.
  • 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.
  • Hull House Life Span: 1889-Present (Original mansion built in 1856) Location: Halsted and Polk Architect: Unknown. Chicago Tribune, May 19, 1890.
  • 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.
  • Hull House, established in Chicago, Illinois in 1889, was one of the first settlement houses in the United States. Co-founded by volunteers Jane Addams and Ellen Gates...
  • The house was built in 1856 by Charles J. Hull (1820-1889), an early real estate promoter who did much to develop the west side of Chicago.