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Mariner's Home

This Federalist mansion used to be the home of a wealthy whaler, William Rotch Jr., who built it in 1787. His daughter, Sarah Rotch, donated it to the New Bedford Port Society in 1850s to run as a home for transient seamen.

 

Today, it still provides low-cost temporary housing to the needy.

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Uploaded on September 9, 2007
Taken on September 4, 2007