Sailor's Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (c. 1833)

RIGHT: An 1892 postcard entitled 'Birdseye View of Sailor's Snug Harbor'.

Sailor's Snug Harbor was established in 1833 as America's first charitable institution devoted to the care of retired seamen. When financial pressures forced Snug Harbor to relocate over a century later, the institution left behind a remarkable assemblage of Greek revival and Victorian buildings located on 130 acres of Staten Island, overlooking New York Harbor. The City of New York acquired the site in the 1970's and established the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, providing artists' studios, performance halls and exhibit spaces.