History
Founded in 1872
Mrs. Samuel Colt, Mrs. Sidney
Cowen, Mrs. Henry Robinson, Ms. A.P. Hyde, Ms Elizabeth Lee Sluyter and
others. (129 and 131 Market Street)
1894
Founding of
the Hartford Social Settlement.
1904
North Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse
Association began Fresh Air Camp on Trout Brook - Later to become Camp Courant.
1906
College Club for Women began the Spruce Street
Settlement, later to become Hartford Neighborhood Centers' Mitchell House. (38 Lawrence
Street) Named in honor of Mrs. Valentine Mitchell.
1911
The Union for Home Work began Campping Program
at the Almada Lodge in Andover, CT. Later used for Times Farm and today's Channel 3 Camp.
1924
The Union for Home Work, The Hartford Social
Settlement and The Spruce Street Settlement
assist in creating the Community Chest, now United Way of
the Capital Area.
1944
The College Club of Hartford purchases land in
Andover/Hebron and names is Camp Hi Hoti.
1956
Union Settlement/North End Community Centers and
Mitchell House combine to form
Hartford Neighborhood Centers,
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