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Fine arts > Architecture > Civil architecture > Settlement houses

Preferred term

Settlement houses  

Definition

  • Buildings housing a variety of individual and family social, educational and recreational facilities provided for recent immigrants or residents of underpriviledged neighborhoods; especially GBR, USA since late 19th c. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS

Notation

  • 111471

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-Z4QCL570-J

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