3-066-021 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new Sailors' Home, Dundee, 1881. 'The prosperous commercial seaport of Dundee, with its fine harbour and great shipping business, will now possess an institution to accommodate seamen arriving in that port, and to provide for their personal comfort and welfare...the handsome and commodious building...has been carefully planned by the architect, Mr. David Maclaren...On the ground floor are two spacious shops, which may be let to respectable tradesmen dealing in articles of clothing for sailors, or other things for their use...Next to these shops is a large room for smoking and recreation, with adjoining courtyard and offices; beyond the recreation-room is a chapel for religious worship...[Ascending the] main staircase,...we find handsome dining, reading, and smoking rooms, with the kitchen, serving- room, and other offices, conveniently near. The second floor contains a superintendent's residence, and dormitories...All the dormitory floors are furnished with ample lavatory accommodation; and each man has a private apartment, of sufficient size to contain a bed, a chest, a table, and a chair. The exterior is of the Elizabethan style of architecture, somewhat freely treated. The principal front is of polished ashlar stone'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.