By Bryan Simmons, August 2012
	1. The Mariner's Home Marker

In 1850 the daughter of William Rotch, Jr., one of New Bedford's leading whaling merchants, donated her father's house to shelter and feed needy seamen. After the whaling industry declined, retired whalemen, merchant seamen, and fishermen lived here. The Mariners' Home provides lodging for mariners to this day.
 
Erected by National Parks Service, Department of the Interior.
 
Location. 41° 38.112′ N, 70° 55.415′ W. Marker is in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in Bristol County. Marker is on 1st Street just south of Williams Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Bedford MA 02740, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Viking (within shouting distance of this marker); The Seamen's Bethel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Andrew Robeson House (within shouting distance of this marker); Centre Street (within shouting distance of this marker); New Bedford Historic District (within shouting distance of this marker); Signs of the Time (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Custom House-Customary Duty (within shouting distance of this marker); Double Bank (within shouting distance of this marker). Click for a list of all markers in New Bedford.

	By Bryan Simmons, August 2012
	2. The Mariner's Home

 
Also see . . .  Mariner''s Home. (Submitted on August 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts.)
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on August 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 74 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 

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