Hartley House
Formationuse 1897 (1897)
TypeNot for profit corporation
Legal statusCharity
Headquarters413 West 46th Street, Manhattan
Location
Region
Hell's Kitchen

Hartley House, formerly known as Hartley House Settlement, is a New York not for profit corporation, operating since 1897 as a charity serving the Hell's Kitchen community of Manhattan, New York. From the day of its founding, the Hartley House has been operating from 413 West 46th Street in Manhattan.

Hartley Farms

The Hartley Farms are affiliated with the Hartley House Settlement.

Leadership

  • May Mathews was Executive Director of Hartley House for 50 years, beginning in the early 1900s following her graduation from Wellesley. Her dedication was commemorated by the naming of a neighborhood playground in her honor.
  • Grace Hartley Jenkins Mead (1896–1991) was president of Hartley House from 1940 to 1965; she was the great granddaughter of Robert Milham Hartley[1][2]

Other settlement houses in New York City

See also

References

  1. Biography Index, A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, Volume 17, September 1990 thru August 1992, H.W. Wilson Company (1992)
  2. Grace H. J. Mead, 95, Foundation President, The New York Times, Apr 12, 1991
  3. Iris Carlton-LaNey, PhD, and N. Yolanda Burwell, PhD, African American Community Practice Models: Historical and Contemporary, Haworth Press (1995)
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