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South End House was Boston's first settlement house. Originally named Andover House, it was founded in 1891 by Professor William Jewett Tucker of Andover Theological Seminary, and consisted of one house at 6 Rollins Street. It expanded rapidly and by 1911 it occupied several area buildings as well as campsites in rural Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. In 1960 it merged with several other settlement houses to become part of United South End Settlements.
History
[edit]South End House is generally considered the first settlement house in Boston. Boffin's Bower, founded in 1870, served many of the same functions as a settlement house, but was not staffed by college-educated reformers. Ellis Memorial, founded in 1885, started as a boys' club and did not become a settlement house until the early 20th century.[1]
Robert Archey Woods (1865-1925)[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "The Ellis Story". Ellis Memorial.
- ^ Hansan, John E. "Woods, Robert Archey". The Social Welfare History Project.
- ^ Hansan, John E. "Origins of South End House, Boston, Massachusetts". The Social Welfare History Project.
Bibliography
[edit]- Barrows, Esther G. (1929). Neighbors All: A Settlement Notebook. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Woods, Robert A.; Kennedy, Albert J. (1911). "Massachusetts: South End House". Handbook of Settlements. Russell Sage Foundation. pp. 125–130.
- Woods, Robert A. (1899). The City Wilderness: A Settlement Study. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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