Leith Local History Society

Sailors’ Home

old coloured postcard of the Sailor’s Home, now the Malmaison Hotel
Sailor’s Home
An early postcard, date unknown
old coloured postcard of the Sailor’s Home, now the Malmaison Hotel
Sailor’s Home
Photo: D King; Date: 25/06/2012

An early postcard of the Sailors’ Home, Tower Place, Leith, and a current view. The building was started in 1883 with a subscription of £9,000 to accommodate 56 seamen, 9 officers and 50 shipwrecked seamen. It is now the Malmaison Hotel, opened in 1994.