Hamilton-Madison House history

1900 Through the leadership of Bella Moses, mother of Robert Moses and a member of the Board of Directors, Madison House begins constructing a permanent summer camp.

Established December, 1901, by Pearl Underwood (Mrs.

1910 Madison House moves to 216 Madison Street.

1915 Hamilton House moves from Hamilton Street to 72 Market Street.

1929 Madison House build a house at 226 Madison Street to accommodate its expanded programs and services.

1949 Alfred E. Smith Houses opens half of the planned buildings.

1952 Hamilton House offers counseling and family care work as an experimental project through the Family Services Division of the Community Service Society.

1953 The second half of Smith Houses is completed and Hamilton House is awarded the contract to provide social services.

1967-9 Hamilton-Madison House establishes an Adolescent Service Center and Big Brother and Sister Corps and Services to Chinese Immigrants.

1974 The first Chinese-language-based children’s behavioral health facility, Chinatown Children’s Consultation Center (CCCC), in New York City at 103 Canal Street.

1978 The first Chinatown Banquet is held for fundraising purposes

1980 Hamilton-Madison House, Grand Street Settlement and University Settlement provide at-risk youth with an employment training program funded by the NYC Department of Employment.

1982 The State Office of Mental Health asks HMH to design a bilingual/bicultural program for the city’s Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Southeast Asian communities - Asian American Mental Health Demonstration Project.

1985 Asian American Mental Health Services becomes a permanent program funded by the NYC Department of Mental Health.

1987 A $4.1 million budget is approved.

1990-3 Bicultural/Bilingual Chinese Master of Social Work Project is initiated with Hunter College School of Social Work to place 5 Chinese-speaking social workers at HMH.

1992 Ryan White Teen Outreach Project served the needs of the HIV/AIDS at-risk and affected youth and their families in Smith Houses and the Catherine Street Shelter.

1996 The Louis DeSalvio Head Start Center opened at South Bridge Towers, Knickerbocker Village Senior Center opens, and Peer Educators from the Ryan White Teen Outreach Project visit Berlin to interact with their German counterparts.

2000 The Calder Foundation funds the new Children’s Computer Literacy Center for kindergarten age children.

2003 The Chinatown Resource Center opens.

2007 Private Day Care is established to begin serving the gentrifying community of Two Bridges/Chinatown.

2009 The House receives a grant to add 20 new supported housing beds.