Chapel of Our Saviour (25 South Street) - Dedication, 1968 - 1968

Includes registers, visitors’ books, correspondence and subject files related to SCI’s chapels and missionary outposts which conducted religious services and provided spiritual care for seafarers in the Port of New York. Of particular note are materials related to the Institute’s three floating chapels: the first Floating Church of Our Saviour (1844-1866), the Church of the Holy Comforter (1846-1868) and the second Floating Church of Our Saviour (1869-1911). Also included are materials related to the Coenties Slip Station, in operation from the 1850s to 1906. Additionally, materials related to the North River Station (1888-1914), the Chapel of Our Saviour at 25 South Street (1913-1967), the Chapel of Our Saviour at 15 State Street (1968-1985) and the Chapel of St. Nicholas (1991-2010) are included. Coenties Slip Station Visitors’ Books include entries from the Station’s three Missionaries at Large: Rev. E. F. Remington (1852‐1859), Rev. Robert J. Walker (1859‐1872) and Rev. Isaac Maguire (1872‐1906).