Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey Buildings Records

In 1906 SCI purchased property at Coenties Slip in Lower Manhattan that would become the site for SCI’s new headquarters, a 12 story building with dormitory-style rooms capable of housing 580 seafarers at any given time. 25 South Street officially opened on May 28, 1913. Under the direction of Rev. Archibald R. Mansfield, all of SCI’s operations were consolidated under the rood of 25 south Street until 1968 when the Institute relocated to a twenty-three story building at 15 State Street that offered 295 rooms for seafarers. In 1961, under the leadership of Rev. John M. Mulligan, SCI opened the International Seafarers’ Center (then known as the Seamen’s Church Institute mariners Center Newark) to accommodate for the shift in shipping operations in Port from downtown Manhattan to New Jersey. SCI’s Manhattan headquarters moved again in 1991 to 241 Water Street, which remained in operation until it was sold in early 2011.