Jane Addams - Legacy - Memorials

Memorials

In 2007, the state of Illinois renamed the Northwest Tollway as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway.

Jane Addams House is a residence hall built in 1947, at Connecticut College.

Hull House had to be demolished for the establishment of the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois, in 1963, and relocated. The Hull residence itself was preserved as a museum and monument to Jane Addams.

Jane Addams Business Careers Center is a high school in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jane Addams High School For Academic Careers is a high school in The Bronx, NY.

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