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Photographer: Lou Donkle
Taken: June 19, 2022
Caption: The Stewart Settlement House
Additional Description: The John Stewart Memorial Settlement House was designed by William Cooke circa 1925. Cooke owned his own firm in Gary, Indiana and became the first African American to be licensed to practice architecture in the state of Indiana. Settlement houses provided educational, recreational, and other social services to communities in urban areas. Photos: Mothers Club and the Stewart House 1930. (Far right, Rev. Frank S. Delaney, Delaney Methodist Church.)
Submitted: June 20, 2022, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p662585
File Size: 3.473 Megabytes

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