Settlement Movement - Active Settlement Houses

Active Settlement Houses

  • Alexandra Neighbourhood House, South Surrey, BC
  • Association House, Chicago
  • Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC, British Columbia
  • Barton Hill Settlement, Bristol, UK
  • Benton House, Chicago, IL
  • Bethany House, Laredo, Texas
  • Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Louisville
  • Cambridge House, Southwark, London
  • Charles Settlement House, Rochester, New York
  • Chicago Commons, Chicago
  • Columbus Federation of Settlements, Columbus, OH
  • East Side House Settlement, New York
  • The Educational Alliance, New York
  • Friendly Inn Settlement House, Cleveland, OH
  • Friendly Inn Settlement, Inc., Cleveland, OH
  • Grace Hill Settlement House, St. Louis
  • Grand Street Settlement, New York
  • Greenwich House, Inc., New York
  • Hamilton-Madison House, New York
  • Henry Street Settlement, New York
  • The House of The Seven Gables Settlement, Salem, MA
  • Hudson Guild, New York
  • John Hope Settlement House, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  • Kingdom House, St. Louis
  • Kingsley House (New Orleans)
  • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, New York
  • Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, East St. Louis
  • The Music Settlement, Cleveland
  • Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago
  • Oakland House settlement
  • Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London
  • Palama Settlement, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Queens Community House, New York
  • Riverdale Neighborhood House
  • The Shack Neighborhood House, Scott's Run, West Virginia
  • Stanton Street Settlement, New York
  • Sydney University Settlement, Darlington
  • Time and Talents Association
  • Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, London
  • Union Settlement Association, East Harlem, New York
  • United Neighborhood Houses of New York, New York, New York
  • University Settlement Cleveland, Cleveland
  • University Settlement House, New York

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