Hiram House

[1] In June 1896, the students rented a house near the Whiskey Island area of Cleveland, which was predominantly populated by Irish immigrants at that time.

[1] George Bellamy joined the group, which shortly thereafter moved the settlement house to a site on Orange Avenue, in what was then the city's main Jewish neighborhood.

[1] Hiram House initially offered English classes for immigrants to assist in passing the exams for citizenship.

[2] With the new building came college preparatory courses, a kindergarten, a summer camp, and various clubs and other recreational activities.

[4] The Hiram House Camp, located on a 172-acre (0.70 km2) site in the nearby Chagrin River Valley village of Moreland Hills, was donated in 1902.