Rooted in Lorain County since 1927

Neighborhood Alliance (formerly Neighborhood House Association, Inc.), began in 1926 in the front room of a tiny house on East 30th Street. An Oberlin College graduate named Mary Haskell, a former Christian missionary in Bulgaria, recognized that many persons who were brought to Lorain from Southern Europe to work in the steel mill were having difficulty adjusting to their new country and new language. In 1927, the group Miss Haskell started was called the Americanization Center. Classes in English, citizenship and well-baby clinics were the first services offered. Miss Haskell was soon joined by Miss Beard and Miss Ayers, also Oberlin students. By this time the group had moved to 29th Street and were offering activities to 89 adults and children. In 1929, the name was changed to Neighborhood House and the group became connected to the Lorain Community Chest.

Neighborhood Alliance helped establish parents clubs, a kindergarten, neighborhood clean up and renovation, playgrounds, a music school, dramatics clubs, health studies and canteen nights for teenagers.