Seamen's Church Institute
Address:
241 Water St
Manhattan
Category: Seafarer Services
Current Use: Seafarer's Services
Historic Use: Schermerhorn Ship Chandlery
Built: 1989
Designed by Polshek & Partners
Description: The headquarters of SCI in the rebuilt former Schermerhorn Ship Chandlery, a red-brick building dating back to 1800. Founded in 1834, when the ministry operated from floating chapels, it is the largest mariners’ agency in North America today offering seafarer's professional training programs, legal services and advocacy. The institute was at South Street and Coenties Slip from 1913 to 1968. The Titanic Memorial Lighthouse that is now located at the entrance to the Seaport District topped the building.
