Seamen’s Bethel

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church building historic chapel sailors’ chapel tourist attraction

Seamen’s Bethel is a historic 19th-century sailors’ chapel in New Bedford, Massachusetts, famed for its maritime memorials and its prominent role in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New Bedford whalemen’s chapel	1
Seamen’s Bethel canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church building ⓘ historic chapel ⓘ sailors’ chapel ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	19th-century American ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	buildings and structures in New Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ chapels in Massachusetts ⓘ maritime memorials ⓘ
city	New Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dedicatedTo	seamen ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
genre	religious building ⓘ
hasFeature	cenotaphs to lost sailors ⓘ maritime memorial plaques ⓘ pulpit shaped like a ship’s bow ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSubject	maritime history ⓘ whaling era New Bedford ⓘ
heritage	maritime heritage site ⓘ
heritageDesignation	contributing property in a historic district ⓘ
locatedIn	New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mentionedIn	"Moby-Dick" NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	New Bedford Whaling Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	connection to whaling community ⓘ inspiration for the Whaleman’s Chapel in "Moby-Dick" ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	New Bedford Port Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significance	famed for maritime memorials ⓘ famed for role in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick" ⓘ historic 19th-century sailors’ chapel ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism site ⓘ literary tourism site ⓘ
usedFor	maritime commemorations ⓘ memorial services ⓘ religious services ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park → contains → Seamen’s Bethel ⓘ

Orson Welles as Father Mapple → settingOfScene → Seamen’s Bethel ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Bedford whalemen’s chapel