New York City Rescue Mission , now a controlled affiliate of The Bowery Mission , was founded in 1872 by Jerry McAuley and his wife, Maria with the purpose of providing a soup kitchen and homeless shelter .
6-507: Homelessness was on the rise in New York City during the 1870s largely due to a wave of European immigration. In 1872, investment banker Alfrederick Smith Hatch donated a former dancing hall located on 316 Water Street to Jerry McAuley and his wife, Maria Fahy McAuley . The couple opened a rescue mission called The Helping Hand for Men. The name soon changed to McAuley's Water Street Mission. After three years, McAuley and his friends built
12-417: A controlled affiliate of The Bowery Mission . The organization’s 90 Lafayette St. campus is now called The Bowery Mission’s Tribeca Campus and serves as the combined organization’s primary site for overnight shelter and care. Alfrederick Smith Hatch Alfrederick Smith Hatch (July 24, 1829 – May 13, 1904) was an American investment banker who founded Fisk & Hatch along with Harvey Fisk . Hatch
18-474: A three-story brick building to replace the original frame structure. In 1912, that building was torn down and a new four-story building was erected. It was designed by architect Bradford Gilbert , former mission trustee and second husband to Maria after McAuley's death. The building cost $ 100,000 and included a chapel, dormitories, and modern conveniences. In 1927, the John Markle dormitory was dedicated. During
24-482: The 1960s, McAuley Water Street Mission moved to its current location at 90 Lafayette Street. In 2000, the rescue mission was renamed to its current name, New York City Rescue Mission. The building began expansion for a third floor in 2011. Since its founding, the homeless shelter provided housing for men only. In 2014, the shelter opened to women after 142 years of being male-exclusive. By 2015, 220 beds were available. In November 2017, New York City Rescue Mission became
30-501: The front rank of bond dealers. In 1871, Hatch commissioned a portrait of his family at his house on Park Avenue and 37th Street. In 1872, he donated a building he owned on 316 Water Street to Jerry McAuley and his wife, Maria . McAuley used the building to established a rescue mission for homeless men called the "Helping Hand for Men". This establishment would later become the New York City Rescue Mission . Hatch
36-859: Was the President of the New York Stock Exchange from 1883 to 1884. Hatch was born in Vermont to Horace Hatch (1788–1873) and Mary Yates Smith (1798–1859). In March 1862, Hatch and Harvey Fisk began a finance and insurance company called, Fisk & Hatch . The company initially focused almost exclusively in government bonds. Both men were short on capital at the time and relied on $ 15,000 worth of loans from family and friends. Hatch and Fisk found success as sub-agents for Jay Cooke & Company , popularizing and selling millions of dollars in government war securities in New York and New England. The two quickly became
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