Randall's Memorial Church

Church, Music Hall and Fountain, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island - NYPL Digital Collection

In the early days of the Harbor, Church attendance was required by the inmates (Barry, 83). Sunday was when the seamen could neither leave the grounds nor receive visitors without permission. Seamen who chose not to attend the Episcopalian or Presbyterian services were permitted to leave Harbor Grounds to partake in the Lord’s supper in New Brighton, NY. (Barry, 83). By the time Randall’s Memorial Church was built, attendance was no longer required, and few sailors attended the services (Barry, 84).

Inside of Robert Randall's Memorial Church - Suny Maritime Archives - Permanent Loan Sailors' Snug Harbor

• Barry,Gerald. The Sailors'Snug Harbor history 1801-2001 , Frodham University Press, New York, 2001.
• Inside of Robert Randall's Memorial Church. Suny Maritime Archives on Permanent Loan from Sailors' Snug Harbor, Picture, Medium:Digital, Robert Mitchell, 3/17/2021 .
• Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Church, Music Hall and Fountain, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-ca71-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99