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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is a history museum in Chicago’s Near West Side, preserving two buildings from a settlement founded to serve immigrant communities.

Why go

  • Hull House residents helped establish the first juvenile court in the United States.
  • Hull House reformers campaigned for child labor laws and women’s suffrage.
  • The Hull House Players are credited as the first theater in the American Little Theater Movement.

Don't miss

  • ExhibitionsExplore exhibitions on local history and social justice around the world.At the museum
  • Museum programsLook out for programs connecting Hull House residents’ work with contemporary social issues.At the museum

Know before you go

  • The museum is open to the public.

What's inside

  • The Hull Home is the settlement’s surviving Italianate mansion.
  • The Residents’ Dining Hall is a craftsman-style building designed by Pond & Pond and built in 1905.
  • The museum’s collection holds over 1,100 artifacts and more than 100 oral interviews about Hull House and its neighborhood.

Tips for your visit

  • The Hull Home’s East Entrance faces Halsted Street and requires stairs.
  • The Hull Home has an all-gender restroom on its second floor.

Interesting facts4

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  1. Helen Culver granted Jane Addams a 25-year rent-free lease on the house.

    Hull House - Wikipedia
  2. 200 yards

    The Residents’ Dining Hall was moved 200 yards to stand beside the mansion.

    Hull House - Wikipedia

  3. Residents paid low rent in exchange for helping run kitchens, baths, playgrounds or childcare groups.

    Hull House - Wikipedia

  4. Lecturers included John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois.

    Hull House - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

At neighbors’ request, Hull House added English lessons, followed by cooking, sewing and practical classes. Teaching also covered literature, history and art. Residents researched local living and working conditions, monitored garbage collection, supported strikes and helped establish public bathhouses. Its cultural life included music, theater and ethnocultural evenings with food, dance and short talks.

  1. 1856Charles Jerald Hull’s country home was built.
  2. 1889Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded a settlement offering social and educational opportunities to working-class neighbors, including newly arrived European immigrants.
  3. 1893Hull House established Chicago’s first public playground, bathhouse and gymnasium.
  4. 1911The settlement had expanded to 13 buildings.
  5. 1912The Bowen Country Club summer camp joined the complex.
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  1. 1963The university purchased the site.
  2. mid-1960sMost settlement buildings and much of the surrounding neighborhood were demolished for urban renewal and UIC development.
  3. 1965Hull House became a National Historic Landmark.
  4. 1966The site entered the National Register of Historic Places.
  5. 1967The original house was restored, and the work removed Addams’s third-floor addition.
  6. 1974The mansion became a Chicago Landmark.
  7. 2012The Hull House Association closed; the museum remained open.

How to get there

  • TrainThe museum is served by the UIC-Halsted station on the Blue Line.
  • ParkingTwo UIC parking facilities stand directly opposite the museum on Halsted Street.

Accessibility

  • Step-free entry The Hull Home’s first floor is accessible through its West Entrance. Reach the Residents’ Dining Hall’s accessible North Entrance along the walkway behind the Hull Home.
  • Lift The Residents’ Dining Hall has an elevator to upper-level restrooms and offices. The Hull Home’s second floor has no elevator access.
  • Toilet Accessible restrooms are in the Residents’ Dining Hall and can be reached by elevator.
  • Parking The flat lot opposite the museum has accessible parking spaces.

Sources: Hull House - Wikipedia · Chicago/Near West Side - Wikivoyage (see) · Home - Jane Addams Hull-House Museum · Accessibility - Jane Addams Hull-House Museum · Our History - Jane Addams Hull-House Museum · Hull House - Wikipedia · Hull House - Wikipedia · checked 3 Oct 2026

Where
800 S Halsted St, IL, Chicago Illinois

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Questions and answers

Why is it called Hull House?

It was named after the house’s original owner, Charles Jerald Hull.

What inspired Jane Addams to establish it?

A visit to Toynbee Hall in London helped inspire her settlement work.

Who helped the founders connect with the neighborhood?

Mary Keyser worked with Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr as a neighborhood liaison.

What support did the settlement provide?

Its expanded complex offered childcare, employment help, libraries, an art gallery, courses and arts classes.

What role does the museum have today?

It is a site for activism, creative expression, research and education within UIC’s College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts.

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