Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island - Vintage Photograph

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island, New Brighton, Richmond County, NY. Vintage photograph. The Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for aged seamen opened in 1833, occupies a spacious site on Staten Island overlooking the Kill Van Kull which leads into New York Harbor. The buildings, on neoclassic style, are dormitory, administration buildings, theater and recreation hall. Below, enlargement of part of the the colonnade. Source: Library of Congress.

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island - Vintage Photograph