Neighborhood House (Louisville, Kentucky)

Neighborhood House

Formation	1896
Founders	Lucy Belknap A. A. Hill
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, US
Head Resident	Frances MacGregor Ingram
Website	www.nhky.org
Formerly called	North Broadway Social Settlement

Neighborhood House is an American community center located in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1896, as North Broadway Social Settlement it was renamed Neighborhood House in 1902,^[1] when it incorporated.^[2]

Neighborhood House was the first settlement movement house in the state,^[3] and it operated in that manner during the country's Progressive Era. Its establishment was made possible by the financial backing of the philanthropist, Lucy Belknap, and was under the personal direction of Mr. A. A. Hill, who started several boys' clubs, notably one for the study of American history. Soon, there were added classes in sewing and singing, story-telling for small children and a literary club for young women. The Settlement's neighborhood was made up of lodging houses; old dwellings converted into tenements, saloons, and business houses; and the neighbors were a heterogeneous mixture of Syrians, Jews, Italians, Sicilians, Greeks, and Americans.^[2] Much of the success and special work of the Settlement was due to the initiative and leadership of Frances MacGregor Ingram, Head Resident during the period of 1905 to 1939.