Not many things last 100 years.  Especially things that are alive.  And Neighborhood House is alive.  This is the story of Neighborhood House from its very earliest days up to its 100th year.  It is a story of perseverance, not just of the people who founded Neighborhood House 100 years ago but also of the communities that have surrounded it, whether the community has come from the surrounding blocks or the surrounding city.

Neighborhood House itself is too easily overlooked.  Often described as the “oldest” community center and “one of the smallest,” it occupies a nondescript building quickly constructed as a plan C when funding and time ran out in the mid-1960s.  It is too easy to ignore from the outside.  But inside–inside is a different story.