This particular house, founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, served disadvantaged immigrant communities in Chicago by establishing public health programs, language classes, and childcare initiatives; however, it was also the subject of frightening rumors. Word spread of a “devil baby” that haunted the attic, leading residents to leave bowls of water at the top of the stairs. (It was theorized that spirits couldn’t cross a body of water.)