Jordan Neighborhood House, Suffolk, Virginia
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- Founded in 1897 as a Universalist mission, the Suffolk, Virginia, mission provided
education and health care to the African American inhabitants of the area. It was renamed
the Jordan Neighborhood House in 1939 in honor of Joseph Fletcher Jordan who served as
minister from 1904 to 1929.
- With the support of the Universalist Church of America and the Association of
Universalist Women, Jordan Neighborhood House later offered counseling for mothers,
pre-natal and infant health clinics, and music programs for teenagers.
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