Seamen's Church Institute of Newport

Seamen's Church Institute of Newport
Location Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°29′14″N 71°19′1″W / 41.48722°N 71.31694°W / 41.48722; -71.31694Coordinates: 41°29′14″N 71°19′1″W / 41.48722°N 71.31694°W / 41.48722; -71.31694
Built 1929
Architect Frederic Rhinelander King
Durr Friedley (muralist)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Other
NRHP reference # 83000178 [1]
Added to NRHP August 4, 1983

The Seamen's Church Institute is a social service organization and historic building located at 18 Market Square in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded in 1919, the Institute's mission is to provide men and women of the sea and persons referred from the community a safe haven in which they may find comfort, recreation and benefit.

History

The Church Institute building was built in 1930 by Edith and Maude Wetmore, daughters of Governor and Senator George Peabody Wetmore (owner of Chateau-sur-Mer). It contains an ornately painted chapel (the work of muralist Durr Freedley),[2] as well as a small library, restaurant, laundry rooms, Wi-Fi and meeting rooms. The building, designed by the architect Frederic Rhinelander King in a Colonial Revival style, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Finding aid for the Durr Friedley Records, 1906-1918 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives.


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