Hull House

noun

1. a settlement house in Chicago, Ill., founded in 1889 by Jane Addams.

Example Sentences

As the two thieves descended the fire escape, I called down to them, “If you want to find honest work, go to Hull House on Halsted Street. They’ll be able to help you.”

From Literature

The best known was Hull House in Chicago, co-founded by social reformer Jane Addams.

From Washington Post

He was a gofer, a 14-year-old kid working backstage in a play that I was doing at Hull House, which was the beginning of the theater movement in Chicago.

From Washington Post

In 1889, Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, a social settlement for young, unmarried women and immigrants who needed a safe home and a sense of community.

From The Guardian

Jane Addams, founder of Hull House in Chicago, is perhaps the most representative of this approach.

From Slate