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, Inc.

 

 

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