The Bowery Mission is a rescue mission in Manhattan's Bowery

Bowery

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 that was started in 1879 by Albert Gleason Ruliffson

Albert Gleason Ruliffson

Albert Gleason Ruliffson , was a reverend and the creator of the Bowery Mission on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1879.-Biography:...

. It was the third rescue mission established in the United States

United States

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The Mission gives homeless men a place to sleep overnight.

History

In 1895 the mission was taken over by The Christian Herald, and it was formally incorporated in 1897. Louis Klopsch became the president.