American Seamen's Friend Society Sailor's Home & Institute
Address:
507 West St at Jane St
Manhattan
Hotel
Category: Seafarer Services
Current use: Riverview Hotel
Historic Use: Sailors' Lodging
Built: 1908
Architect: William A. Boring
Description: The port of New York was at its peak when the widow of Russell Sage financed this home offering inexpensive lodging for sailor's, a bowling alley, concert hall and other amenities. A beacon illuminated the river from the observation tower. The surviving crew of the Titanic stayed here April 1912.
