Sentences with phrase «century settlement houses»

The community school is the contemporary version of the 19th - century settlement houses founded by the progressive activist and sociologist Jane Addams on the theory that social ills are interconnected and must be approached holistically.

Their roots lie also in the caring practices of the social reformer Jane Addams, whose 19th - and early 20th - century settlement houses were designed to help immigrants and the poor gain solid footing so they could contribute to the country's prosperity.

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This is a tiny hamlet of nineteenth - century settlement, much reduced from its ancient prosperity, yet the house is there, newly built from the ashes of its fiery ruin, Piety Hill, an Italianate pile, which began as a lumber baron's residence, sank to a refuge for impoverished gentry, and became the seat of a literary man — a history suggestive of larger changes in American society since 1918.

We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness of church workers in the settlement house movement and other voluntary, local efforts in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs of the 20th century.

A 19th Century village complete with a log house, a fort, businesses, a firehouse, schoolhouse, meeting house, chapel and homes, the 13 - acre Naper Settlement site is the perfect setting for Civil War Days, which feature re-enactors from a variety of Midwestern «regiments,» from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Naper Settlement is playing host to an informal Volunteer Open House designed to show prospective volunteers exhibits and opportunities to pitch in and help Naperville's 19th Century village.

The forests vanished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the settlement of the relatively treeless Great Plains, where houses and fences were constructed largely from those once - grand woods.

Leon is filled with historic reminders of Nicaragua's colourful past, housing the Leon Viejo ruins, one of the oldest Spanish settlements in the «new world», as well as the magnificent Cathedral Basilca, which was built between the 18th and 20th centuries.

Named for its resemblance to its Italian namesake, this settlement overlooking the southwest end of the harbor with its tightly packed houses almost toppling into the sea was created during the 18th century by rich merchants and ship captains.

A history that began in the fourth century with a Roman fortress and settlement has bestowed a wealth of stunningly - preserved historic buildings upon Boppard from the remains of the original Roman city wall to the twelfth - century Church of St. Severus, notable for its twin spires and beautiful stained - glass windows, and to the many half - timbered houses which were built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Next Chew Jetty or «She Chew Kew» the biggest waterfront settlement or «houses on stilts» created by Chinese immigrant in the mid 19th century.

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At the core of the American democratic architectural tradition is the modest, single - family house, which gave rise to the statehouse, the courthouse, the firehouse, the schoolhouse, the jailhouse, and the President's house (as it was known before it became the White House)... The Architecture of Democracy traces a common line from the earliest colonial settlements to the Western frontier of the nineteenth century and today's ultramodern city cenhouse, which gave rise to the statehouse, the courthouse, the firehouse, the schoolhouse, the jailhouse, and the President's house (as it was known before it became the White House)... The Architecture of Democracy traces a common line from the earliest colonial settlements to the Western frontier of the nineteenth century and today's ultramodern city cenhouse (as it was known before it became the White House)... The Architecture of Democracy traces a common line from the earliest colonial settlements to the Western frontier of the nineteenth century and today's ultramodern city cenHouse)... The Architecture of Democracy traces a common line from the earliest colonial settlements to the Western frontier of the nineteenth century and today's ultramodern city centers.