Locust Street Social Settlement

settlement house, Hampton, Virginia, United States

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In Janie Porter Barrett
…was formally organized as the Locust Street Social Settlement, the nation’s first settlement house for African-Americans. In 1902 she and her husband built a separate structure on their property to house the settlement’s numerous activities, which included clubs, classes in domestic skills, and recreation; many of these activities were funded…
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