Tubman (Harriet) House is established.

Founded by six members of the Harriet Tubman Crusaders, the African-American branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, including Tubman’s friend Julia Henson, it is located initially in Henson’s home at 37 Holyoke Street. Its purpose is to “assist working girls (from the South) in charitable ways,” and provide a residence for black women excluded from the city’s college dormitories and “respectable” rooming houses. Incorporated in 1906, it expands to 25 – 27 Holyoke Street in 1909. The organization merges with others to form the Federation of South End Settlements in 1951,* then the United South End Settlements in 1960.* It moves to its current location on Columbus Avenue in 1976.*