The Devil Baby (legend) Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
UIC says ghost lore includes children's footsteps upstairs, a "Lady in White" and, most famously, the Devil Baby. The museum presents these stories as they were "imparted by Jane Addams and the people in the surrounding neighborhood," with their psychological and social roots. Source: UIC Today, 2022.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded the settlement in 1889 in Charles Hull's mansion; by 1911 it had 13 buildings. Most were demolished in the 1960s for the University of Illinois campus; only the mansion and the 1905 dining hall survive. It became a National Historic Landmark on June 23, 1965 (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
Public access
Open to the public Open Tuesday–Friday 10 AM–4:50 PM and Saturday 10 AM–3 PM; admission is free and walk-ins are welcome (Hull-House Museum). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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