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Definition of Settlement house
1. Noun. A center in an underprivileged area that provides community services.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Settlement House
Literary usage of Settlement house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Progress edited by Josiah Strong, William Howe Tolman, William Dwight Porter Bliss (1906)
"Illinois, Chicago, 783 Armitage Ave., settlement house of Armitage Ave., ...
Kentucky, Louisville, 834 E. Jefferson St., Louisville settlement house, ..."
2. The Settlement Idea: A Vision of Social Justice by Arthur Cort Holden (1922)
"To a great extent the entree that is gained through the settlement house proper
is of assistance in overcoming the barriers of both indifference and ..."
3. Handbook of Settlements by Robert Archey Woods, Albert Joseph Kennedy (1911)
"New log settlement house, school house, workshop combined with power house for
steam heat and ... (School house and settlement house destroyed by fire, Jan. ..."
4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac (1921)
"Maintains a settlement house, where clubs and classes for men and women, boys
and girls ... settlement house maintained by Co-op. Social Sett lenient Soc. ..."
5. Social Settlements by Charles Richmond Henderson (1899)
"THE CHURCH settlement house; 329 East Eighty-fourth Street, New York City; founded
1894. Miss Marian I,. Gurney, Director. The population of the district is ..."
6. Bibliography of College, Social, University and Church Settlements by Caroline Williamson Montgomery, College Settlements Association (1905)
"encouragement and help as a settlement house can give. As the act of incorporation
allows an ... Pamphlet, entitled Church settlement house, Danbury, ..."
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