List of settlement houses 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 Olivet Institute, and the University of Chicago Settlement. Modern-day institutions that are or once were settlement houses include the Northwestern University Settlement House on the Near North Side and Benton House 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 Abraham Lincoln Centre Abraham Lincoln Center Oakwood Boulevard & Langley (original) 3858 S. Cottage Grove (current)Jenkin Lloyd Jones1905Still operatingOriginally affiliated with the All Souls Unitarian ChurchArcher Road SettlementFrancis E. Clark Settlement (1903-1910)250 W 22nd (1909-)Charles W. Espey, Will La Favor1903Association House of Chicago YWCA Settlement2150 W NorthNorth Side YWCA1899Still operatingBenton HouseProvidence Day Nursery (1907-1916) House of Happiness (1916-1942)3052 S. GrattenJanett Sturges1907Still operatingCentral Settlement1409 WabashC.A. Kelly1903Open Church MethodistCharles Sumner Settlement 1951 W FultonW.T. Sumner, Frank K. Sadler1908Chase HouseChase Neighborhood House637 W 43rd1907St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchChicago CommonsGrand & Morgan (1901-1948)Graham Taylor1894Still operating (as citywide association)Chicago Hebrew Institute1258 W Taylor1906Christopher House1528 East Fullerton (1906-1910) 1616-18 W. Fullerton (1910-)

2507 N Greenview (1918-)

4701 North Winthrop Ave (1994–present)

3255 West Altgeld St (2007–present)

5235 West Belden Ave (2013–present)1906Still operating as a family of schools providing a continuum of education, from birth through the eighth grade, paired with immersive support for the whole family. First Presbyterian Church of EvanstonClybourn Avenue Settlement245 ClybournDavid Swing1893a. 1900Presbyterian Home Mission Board (1893-1897)Eli Bates HouseElm Street Settlement, Unity Settlement621 Elm1895Unity ChurchEmanuel Settlement2732 W ArmourDr. Fannie Emanuel1908Emerson House1802 Emerson (various subsequent locations)19101948: Merged with Chicago CommonsEsther Falkenstein SettlementSettlement House of Armitage Avenue1917 N. Humboldt (1908-)Esther Falkenstein1900Fellowship HouseHelen Heath Settlement (1895-1904)831 W 33rd Place1895All Souls Unitarian Church (1895-1904)Forward MovementEpworth HouseMonroe & LoomisRev. George W. Gray1893Methodist Episcopal Church (1893-1896)Frederick Douglass Center 3032 WabashCelia Parker Woolley1904Gads Hill CenterGads Hill Social Settlement (1898-1916)1959 W. 20th (1909-) 1919 W. Cullerton (present)Leila A. Martin1898Still operatingHalsted Street Institutional Church Social Center Halsted & 20th1903Henry Booth House701 W 14th PlaceWilliam Mackintire Salter1898Ethical Culture SocietyHull HouseHull-House800 S. HalstedJane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr18892012: filed for bankruptcy.Hyde Park Center5643 S LakeHyde Park Juvenile Protection League1909Institutional Church and Social Settlement Dearborn Center3825 S Dearborn1900African Methodist Episcopal ChurchKirkland School Settlement219 IndianaElizabeth Kirkland18961897Kirkland SchoolMadonna CenterGuardian Angel Mission (1898-1922)Agnes Ward Amberg18981962Roman Catholic ChurchMaxwell Street Settlement1214 S ClintonJacob Abt, Jesse Lowenhaupt1893Medical Missionary College Settlement1895a. 1900American Medical Missionary CollegeMutual Benefit HouseGirls' Club 531 W Superior1897Neighborhood Guild2512 Wentworth1906Christ Reformed Episcopal ChurchNeighborhood House6710 May (1906-)Harriet Van Der Vaart1907Universalist Church of Englewood (1897-1900)Northwestern University Settlement HouseAugusta & Noble (1901–present)Henry Wade Rogers, Charles Zueblin, et al.1891Still operatingOlivet Community Center Olivet InstituteVedder & PennNorman Barr18981966/1967: merged with Chicago CommonsPresbyterian ChurchOnward Neighborhood HouseOnward Presbyterian Church Ohio & Leavitt (1893-2017) 5423 W Diversey Ave (2017–present)Mission Sunday School (Hoyne and Grand Ave)1893Still operatingRouse Settlement3213 Wallace1898Trinity Episcopal ChurchSouth Deering Neighborhood Center10441 S HoxieHarriet Mitchell, Mrs. Alex Natanson1907South End Center3212 91stGrace Darling1907South Side SettlementAda S. McKinley Community ServicesAda S. McKinley1919Still operatingSt. Elizabeth Settlement317 Orleans1893Roman Catholic ChurchSt. Mary's Settlement656 W 44thRoman Catholic ChurchUnion Avenue Parish HouseG.F. Swift Memorial4356 Union Avenue1906Methodist ChurchUniversity of Chicago Settlement Mary McDowell Settlement House4630 Gross Avenue (1905-)Mary McDowell18941966/1967: merged with Chicago CommonsChristian Union of the University of ChicagoWentworth Neighborhood CenterWentworth & 43rd Pl.Lillie Anna Pfeiffer1909

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List of settlement houses in Chicago

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