Jane Addams, Hull House and Dining Hall
- Title
- Jane Addams, Hull House and Dining Hall
- Creator
- Hull, Charles J.
- Contributor
- Bysterbusch, Hailey
- Biographical Text
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The Hull-House was built in 1856 by Charles J. Hull.
In 1889, following Hull’s death, the mansion was given to reformers Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr by Hull’s niece, Helen Culver. The pair were inspired to start their own institution in order to benefit the community, specifically the working-class residents of Chicago. Addams and Starr expanded the Hull-House into a 13-building complex including a gymnasium, theater, art gallery, libraries, pools, classrooms, a kindergarten, and dormitories. The Hull-House eventually spanned an entire city block. The Hull-House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Today, the Hull-House and Dining Hall have become the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. This museum is free and open to the public.
In 1963, a majority of the buildings on Hull-House settlement were torn down to build the University of Illinois Chicago. The Hull-House and Dining Hall were reconstructed in 1967. - Text
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Chicago Landmark
Jane Addams’ Hull-House
and Dining Hall
Settlement active from 1889 to 1963
Here, in 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started what became the most influential social settlement in America. It eventually consisted of several buildings around this house which had been built in 1856 by Charles Hull. The Dining Hall and Hull-House itself, reconstructed in 1967, remain as a memorial to the work of these women.
Designated as a Chicago Landmark on June 12, 1974
by the City Council of Chicago.
Richard J. Daley, Mayor
Commission on Chicago
Historical and Architectural Landmarks - Date Created
- 1856
- Date Modified
- 1963
- 1967
- Type
- English Museum
- English Signage
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