National Public Housing Museum
- Address
- Chicago, Illinois
- Website
- nphm.org
About National Public Housing Museum
The National Public Housing Museum is a historical institution at 919 S Ada St. in Chicago, Illinois. The museum is located in the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes of ABLA Homes, and features an oral history archive, public programming, and an entrepreneurship hub. Exhibitions include three restored apartments of families who lived in the Jane Addams homes. The building that the museum is contained within opened in 1938 as the first federal government housing project in Chicago. It housed thousands of families over six decades and has been vacant since 2002.
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- Architect
- LBBA
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