Sailors Snug Harbor of Boston
- Sailors Snug Harbor of Boston
Sailors Snug Harbor of Boston was established in 1852 as a retirement home for sailors. It was similar to the much larger Sailors Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Today, it is a nonprofit organization funding charitible initiatives in fishing communities and for the elderly in Eastern Massachusetts. [ [ http://www.agmconnect.org/ssh/sshhome.html] ] The cornerstone was laid on July 14, 1856. [Sailor's Snug Harbor of Boston, Proceedings on the Occassio of Laying the Corner-stone of the Sailor's Snug Harbor of Boston, July 14, 1856, 30 p. pamphlet, pub. Boston, 1857] it operated as a retirement home for elderly seamen for many years, first in the Germantown section of Quincy, then in Duxbury before being discontinued sometime before the 1970s, with the proceeds form the sale of the land going to fund the charitible foundation. [ [ http://www.agmconnect.org/ssh/sshhome.html] ]
References
Boston Historical Society. Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston Records, 1852-1975. [http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0205] .
External links
* [http://www.agmconnect.org/ssh/sshhome.html Sailors’ Snug Harbor of Boston] , official site
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