NEWARK NEIGH 3ORHOOD HOUSE
The Newark Social Settlement Asseciation
555 Market St.,
SA
Newark, N. J.
Opened, 1905.
"To establish neighbo rhood houses, conduct social re-
search and act as a bureau of information.
"The "Ironbound Distriet" has been chosen for the first
settlement partly because of its cosmopolitan nature and partly be-
cause it is the heart of the great factory district.
tion betwe en Market and Ferry streets from the Pennsylvania Rail-
road to an Buren street, are the homes of two 1arge colonies of
" the strangers within our gates"--an Italian and a Slavic colony.
In the latter colony are Peles, Lithuanians, Hungar ians and a few
hundred from the other Slavic peoples.
"Way Down Ne ck, " and following the river, are the homes of thous-
ands of German, Irish, English and American workmen and their fam-
ilies
Ferry streets, are largely Jews and Germans.
section are representative of the various strta of scciety.
are multitudes of tenements of the worst type, veritable cess-
pools of disease, into which are crowded the newly arrived, un-
skilled aborers, scores of small, neat houses owned by skillfuI
laborer s, and a few houses of the well-to-do families.
versity that the varied needs of this district require was an
additional reason for its selection.
In the sec-
Beyond Van Buren street,
The shopkeepers on the two main thoroughfares, Market and
The houses in this
Here
The di-
