Mariner's House is a historic hotel at 11 North Square

North Square (Boston, Massachusetts)

North Square in the North End, Boston of Boston, Massachusetts sits at the intersection of Moon, Prince, North, Garden Court, and Sun Court Streets. Paul Revere lived here, as did other notables in the 17th and 18th centuries. Prior to July 4, 1788, the area was known as Clark's Square.-History:In...

 in Boston, Massachusetts.

It was built in 1847 by the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society

Boston Seaman's Aid Society

The Boston Seaman's Aid Society was a women's charitable organizations founded in Boston in 1833 with the goal of improving the condition and character of seamen and their families. The first president of the society was famed author, poet, and editor Sarah Josepha Hale...

 as an inexpensive hotel for merchant mariners on active duty. It maintains that role today. It offers short term accommodations (maximum stay 13 days) starting at $65 including breakfast to guests who can prove that they are actively working in the merchant marine.

The building was described in the 1850s:

"This is a noble edifice of 4 stories, erected by the Boston Port Society, and leased to the Seamans' Aid Society : it contains 40 rooms over the basement story : the building is 40 feet square, with a wing extending 70 feet of three stories; in the basement is a storage room for seamens' luggage, kitchen; laundry and bathing room: in the wing, is a spacious dming hall for seating an hundred persons ': it has a chapel for morning and evening services arid where social, religious meetings are held every Wednesday evening under the care of Rev. E. T. Taylor : a reading and news room, with a good library to which accessions are daily making; and a store for the sale of sailors' clothing: the building and land cost about $38,000, and it has been furnished at a cost of about $21,000, by the generous contributions of the Unitarian Churches of Boston and vicinity; a good supply of water is on the estate, and two force pumps supply each of the stories with hot or cold water, as required."

The hotel was built in the Greek Revival style and added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1999.

Further reading

• "Seamen's Aid Society." Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston. Boston: N. Dearborn, 1851