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The Two New Bedfords: Spatial and Social Analysis of the City, 1800-1870

Photograph of the first floor hall and staircase of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home.

Photograph of the first floor hall and staircase of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home. The Mariners' Home was built in 1787, serving as the mansion home of William Rotch Jr. The house originally stood on the southeast corner of Water and Williams Streets, moving to its current location after a $3,000 re-furnishing compliments of the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society whose first president was Mrs. Sarah Rotch Arnold. Sarah Rotch Arnold, wife of James Arnold, was the daughter of William Rotch Jr. and she presented the home to the Port Society to serve as a Mariner's Home in 1851.

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1. Photograph of the first floor interior, northeast room, of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home. Photograph of the first floor interior, northeast room, of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home. Photograph of a vessel on the sea hanging on one wall and a framed instructional guide to tying different types of knots hanging on another wall. Window side-shutters ajar and door slightly ajar. The Mariners' Home was built in 1787, serving as the mansion home of William Rotch Jr. The house originally stood on the southeast corner of Water and Williams Streets, moving to its current location after a $3,000 re-furnishing compliments of the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society whose first president was Mrs. Sarah Rotch Arnold. Sarah Rotch Arnold, wife of James Arnold, was the daughter of William Rotch Jr. and she presented the home to the Port Society to serve as a Mariner's Home in 1851.
2. Photograph of William Rotch Jr. House, Mariners' Home, taken of the front, east side. Photograph of William Rotch Jr. House, Mariners' Home, taken of the front, east side. 15 Johnny Cake Hill at the west side. A low fence runs the perimeter of the yard, flanked on either side by large bushy trees. The Mariners' Home was built in 1787, serving as the mansion home of William Rotch Jr. The house originally stood on the southeast corner of Water and Williams Streets, moving to its current location after a $3,000 re-furnishing compliments of the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society whose first president was Mrs. Sarah Rotch Arnold. Sarah Rotch Arnold, wife of James Arnold, was the daughter of William Rotch Jr. and she presented the home to the Port Society to serve as a Mariner's Home in 1851.
3. Photograph of the first floor hall and staircase of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home. Photograph of the first floor hall and staircase of the William Rotch Jr. House, the Mariners' Home. The Mariners' Home was built in 1787, serving as the mansion home of William Rotch Jr. The house originally stood on the southeast corner of Water and Williams Streets, moving to its current location after a $3,000 re-furnishing compliments of the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society whose first president was Mrs. Sarah Rotch Arnold. Sarah Rotch Arnold, wife of James Arnold, was the daughter of William Rotch Jr. and she presented the home to the Port Society to serve as a Mariner's Home in 1851.