Abraham Lincoln Centre

CTL-E-1216 · Institution · other · 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Settlement house founded 1905 by Jenkin Lloyd Jones; weekly meeting place of the South Side Writers' Group (1936-1938), making it a cultural-production host of the Chicago Black Renaissance as well as a welfare agency. Still operating.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-002; source research type(s): settlement house.

Sources

City of Chicago, 'Chicago Black Renaissance Literary Movement' report. https://www.chicago.gov/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Chicago_Black_Renaissance_Literary_Movement_Report.pdf (primary source)
https://www.chicago.gov/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Chicago_Black_Renaissance_Literary_Movement_Report.pdf
https://www.chicago.gov/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/ParkBlvdsHD_NR_nom_FINAL_DRAFT_pt1.pdf
http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-W/WelfareCouncil.htm
https://www.daycarecenters.us/abraham-lincoln-centre-carefare-daycare-in-chicago-il-4bf8ee1ff3b5
en.wikipedia.org; chicago.gov (Black Renaissance Literary Movement report)
chicago.gov (Chicago Black Renaissance Literary Movement report) (primary source)

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