Seaman's Retreat, Staten Island, New York. Designed by Abraham P. Maybie. Built 1834-1837 with additions in 1848 and 1853
The Seaman’s Retreat was established by the state legislature in 1831 “to provide for sick and disabled seamen”. It purchased 36 acres of farmland along Staten Island’s eastern shore. The family farmhouse served as the hospital until a dedicated structure was built in 1832. Almost immediately, it was recognized that a larger facility would be needed. The present three-storey center pavillion with wings was erected in 1834–37. As demand grew, the north pavilion was added in 1848 and the south pavilion in 1853. When the state tax to support the hospital was revoked in 1882, it was acquired by the New York Marine Society, leased to the federal government, and renamed the Marine Hospital. The federal government purchased the site in 1903. The attic floor was raised in 1912, and a large new facility was built behind the old hospital in 1936. In 1951, the facility became the Public Health Service Hospital and operated as such until 1981. Today, the old hospital sits on the campus of Bayley Seton Hospital, named for Elizabeth Bayley Seton, the first American-born saint, whose father, Richard Bayley, was New York City’s Health Office and Chief Physician at the Quarantine Station in Tompkinsville.
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Location: 760 Bay St., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, New York,
Photo credit: © Matthew Kiernan / Alamy / Afripics
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