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Revision as of 10:47, 25 July 2013
A bethel was a seaman's chapel or a hostel for sailors. Salem had many such buildings during the "Age of Sail".
The Salem Marine Society ran a bethel at the foot of Turner Street.
See Also
- The Old Shipmasters by Trow, p. 331
- Salem Massachusetts, Vol. II ed. Schier and Turino, p. 48 (photograph of Bethel on Herbert St.)
