settlement house
noun
: an institution providing various community services especially to large city populations
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First settlement house in the nation (1889) Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr opened Hull House on Sept. 18, 1889.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
This poses threat to a legion of auxiliary service providers on Wall Street like transfer agents and settlement houses that are essential to the current system of stock-trading.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Addams founded America’s first settlement house and was a tireless crusader for a suite of progressive issues from housing to sanitation.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Having unexpectedly come into a fortune when her husband died last season, Ada is putting her inheritance to use backing settlement houses and, to the horror of her sister Agnes, the temperance movement.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 June 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
This poses threat to a legion of auxiliary service providers on Wall Street like transfer agents and settlement houses that are essential to the current system of stock-trading.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Addams founded America’s first settlement house and was a tireless crusader for a suite of progressive issues from housing to sanitation.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Having unexpectedly come into a fortune when her husband died last season, Ada is putting her inheritance to use backing settlement houses and, to the horror of her sister Agnes, the temperance movement.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 June 2025
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“Settlement house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settlement%20house. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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