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Hartley House New York, New York United States Henry Street Settlement: New York, New York: United States The House of The Seven Gables Settlement: Salem, Massachusetts: United States [23] Hudson Guild: New York, New York: United States Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement: Long Island City, New York: United States [24] John Hope Settlement House
This is a list of historic houses in the Republic of Ireland which serves as a link page for any stately home or historic house in Ireland. County Carlow
In the Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland, the county home (Irish: teaghlach contae) [1] [2] was an institution which replaced workhouses from 1922 onwards. [ 3 ] County homes were total institutions housing a wide variety of people, mostly poor: the elderly, the chronically ill, the mentally ill , children, the intellectually disabled ...
United Neighborhood Houses of New York is the federation of 38 settlement houses in New York City. [23] These and other settlement houses inspired the establishment of settlement schools to serve isolated rural communities in Appalachia, such as the Hindman Settlement School in 1902 and the Pine Mountain Settlement School in 1913. [citation needed]
Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.
The term big house (Irish: teach mór) refers to the country houses, mansions, or estate houses of the historical landed class in Ireland. The houses formed the symbolic focal point of the landed Anglo-Irish political dominance of Ireland from the late 16th century, and many were destroyed or attacked during the Irish revolutionary period .
Apart from well-known and restored castles such as Bunratty Castle, many unknown remains (particularly of tower houses) exist next to newer farmhouses, or again, simply in fields. Carrickfergus Castle , built by John de Courcy in 1177, as his headquarters after his invasion of Ulster , is the most perfectly preserved Norman castle on the island.
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