Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Antipode, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings. In 1912, the Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club. With its innovative social, educational, and artistic programs, Hull House became the standard bearer for the movement; by 1920, it grew to approximately 500 settlement houses nationally. The Hull mansion and several subsequent acquisitions were continuously renovated to accommodate the changing demands of the association. In the mid-1960s, most of the Hull House buildings were demolished for the construction of the University of Illinois Chicago. The original house and one additional building, a community refectory and meeting hall (which has been moved 200 yards (182.9 m)) survive today. On June 23, 1965, it was designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. On October 15, 1966, the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 was enacted, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On June 12, 1974, the surviving Hull mansion was designated as a Chicago Landmark. Hull House was one of the first four structures to be listed on both the Chicago Registered Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places list (along with Chicago Pile-1, Robie House, and Lorado Taft Midway Studios). After The Hull House Association moved from the original buildings complex in the 1960s, it continued to provide social services in multiple locations throughout Chicago. It finally ceased operations in January 2012. The Hull mansion and a related dining hall, the only remaining survivors on the Hull House complex, are now maintained as a history museum, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
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Dates from 1889-09-18.
Wikidata Q1582905, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Antipode: 0.1 mi
- Takeaway: 0.3 mi
- Father Arnold Damen S.J.: 0.5 mi
- Maxwell Street Vendor: 0.5 mi
- Maxwell Street: 0.5 mi
- Ruth George Memorial: 0.2 mi
- World War One Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Pillar of Fire: 0.3 mi
- Greektown Monument: 0.6 mi
- Mary Bartelme: 0.6 mi
- Harry W. Pearce Memorial Grove: 0.2 mi
- Miller Park: 0.3 mi
- Elysian Field: 0.3 mi
- Sheridan Park: 0.4 mi
- UIC South Fields: 0.5 mi
- National Hellenic Museum: 0.4 mi
- National Public Housing Museum: 0.7 mi
- Color Factory: 0.8 mi
- WNDR Museum: 0.8 mi
- Play Street Meuseum: 0.8 mi
- The Ledge: 0.8 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 0.8 mi
- Weather Bell: 1.1 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 1.3 mi
- Begin Route 66: 1.3 mi
- Morgan Street Native Garden: 0.8 mi
- Community Roots Demonstration Garden: 0.8 mi
- Roosevelt Square Farm: 0.9 mi
- Loomis Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Skinner Park Tranquil Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.6 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.9 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.3 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.5 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.8 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.0 mi
- Players Hill: 6.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.6 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.4 mi
- Tedens: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 246° | 259 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 344° | 204 m | 10.9 mi |
| Players Hill | W 273° | 187 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/148902944
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
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