NYC – Staten Island – Sailors’ Snug Harbor: Staten Island Botanic Gardens – Heritage Rose Garden and Governor’s House
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The formal heritage rose garden at once reflects the 19th Century character of Snug Harbor while at the same time showcasing a history of the cultivation of roses. The layout of the Garden with its trellised entrance way, benches and fountain is modeled after styles that came to prominence over 100 years ago, The roses themselves are of varieties that extend back through history with specimens having origins dating from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries. Unfortunately the Heritage Rose Garden has a very short blooming period, but this transience only serves to heighten the quality of the garden.
Sailors’ Snug Harbor, now the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, was established with an 1801 bequest from the merchant Robert Randall, who left a large plot of land north of Washington Square for the establishment of an institution for the care of eldery sailors. Randall’s bequest was challenged in court and by the time it was settled in 1830, the area became a hot property during a residential boom. The trustees leased the land and instead purchased a large farm on the north shore of Manhattan where they proceeded to erect a complex of buildings. Opened in 1833, Sailors’ Snug Harbor became the first and only home for retired merchant seamen in the United States. It saw a peak of 1,000 residents by 1900–a number that would decline after the Social Security system was implemented. By the mid 1950′s, fewer than 200 residents remained and by 1976 it was moved to North Carolina. Following a series of landmarks regulation, the facility was sold to New York City and converted into a cultural center. Today it houses the Newhouse Center For Contemporary Art, the John A. Noble Maritime Collection, the Staten Island Botanic Garden, and the Staten Island Children’s Museum.
Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historic District National Register #72000909 (1972)
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