The peaceful village of Cedarville, Illinois, has earned a lasting place of prominence for having given to the world one of its great figures.
Jane Addams--
internationally famous humanitarian and pioneer social worker--was born, raised, and laid to rest in this northeast Illinois village.

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This website was created by Margaret Klein at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in 2004-2005 for the Cedarville Area Historical Society. All photographs are by Hull-House Museum staff unless otherwise noted.

Last updated: June, 2005

Image credit: Lithograph of Addams homstead from c. 1870 in Cedarville's Jane Addams . . . Her Early Influences, 1966.