[graphic] National Historic Landmarks Program header [graphic]NPS Arrowhead and link to www.nps.gov[photo] Chrysler Building, New York[photo] Brown Chapel, Selma AL[phtoto] Cape Hatteras Light Station, Buxton, North Carolina[photo] Pioneer Deep Space Station, Fort Irwin, CA
     
 
Hull House

Chicago, Illinois
County of Cook.
800 S. Halsted Street
National Register Number: 66000315
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Social - meeting hall. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2006.
Certified Local Government: YES
This NHL offers public access.
Please contact the NHL directly for visitor information.
Current use/information: Memorial Museum.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - June 23, 1965):
Jane Addams (1860-1935), American social reformer and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, moved into Hull House in 1889 and worked here to provide a wide variety of social services to Chicago's poor. Her settlement-house program gained international recognition.

Condition:
There is no threat to the NHL at this time.


Comments and questions about the database may be directed to NHL_info@nps.gov