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The Seamen’s Friend Society was founded in the 1820s to help Sailors keep away from dishonest landladies and crimps. They acquired a battleship "Tees" and moored it in one of Liverpool’s docks to provide quarters for mariners in port but only a small fraction of those ashore every night. In 1845 shipowners and merchants commissioned John Cunningham to design the Sailors’ Home at Canning Place which opened in 1847 and did not close until 1969.
Liverpool has a well established university. It’s forerunner was Liverpool Institute which has a building with Greek façade in Mount Street off Hope Street which connects the Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals. In 1844, Charles Dickens addressed a soirée in the assembly hall at the Institute.
There is also a long association with medicine in the city. The Liverpool Medical Institution opened in 1837. It’s large library contains books going back to the 1500s. The school of Tropical Medicine in Pembroke Place was established in 1898. The schools earliest professor of tropical medicine was Sir Ronald Ross. He was the first man to recognise the connection between the mosquito and malaria. Paludrine, the most powerful anti-malarial drug was developed there at the malarial unit.
Many of Liverpool's pre-1900 buildings have now gone either, like with the Custom House shown here, as a consequence of World War 2 bombing or deliberate demolition. However, there are still many fine examples to see today. One of them is Speke Hall, a tudor mansion dating from 1490 and situated in secluded grounds seven miles south of the city centre. It was the ancestral home of the Norris family from the early 14th century though the site is recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086. The artist Whistler often stayed at the hall and produced a number of sketches of it which are on display at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery.
Liverpool's Town Hall, dating from 1754 is considered one of it's finest buildings. On the 6th November 1865, the last act of the American Civil War took place there when Lt. Commander James Waddel surrendered "Shenandoah", a British built Confederate raider to the Mayor, 211 days after arms had been laid down by General Robert E Lee. Many distinguished guests have been entertained there. During Liverpool's 700th anniversay celebrations Mark Twain visited the city and was entertained at a special Lord Mayors banquet.
Another very impressive Liverpool building is Saint Georges Hall, with magnificant Greco-Roman style situated in Lime Street. Completed in 1854, in 1865 it was the location for a "Southern Bazaar" which raised £30,000 from local Confederate sympathisers, a large sum for those days.
Rodney Street was laid out in 1783 and has some fine Georgian houses. It was named after Admiral Rodney who was famous for defeating the French at Les Saintes and keeping Jamaica a British colony. Other streets in the area are reminders of early trade links with America such as Baltimore Street and Maryland Street.
The Albert Dock complex is now restored as a tourist attraction. It was originally opened in 1845 and is the biggest Grade 1 historic building in Britain.
Saint Georges Church at Everton which still stands was built in 1814 and was the worlds first iron church.