the Manhattan Bridge. In the 1880s, Fanny Crosby became a favorite guest at the Mission and was frequently asked to give an address. For 16 years, Crosby wrote a new hymn to be sung at The Bowery Mission anniversary celebration held in November. In 1895 the Mission was bought by Dr. Louis Klopsch, owner of the Christian Herald, to save it from economic distress. It became one of many domestic charities sponsored by the publication. Klopsch became president and the Mission was formally incorporated as Bowery Mission and Young Men's Home in 1897. One prominent board member was Sarah J. Bird, a philanthropist who was known as "the Mother of the Bowery Mission" due to her long-time service to the organization from 1881 to 1914. In 1900, The Bowery Mission came under the supervision of John Greener Hallimond, originally from England. Hallimond introduced many innovative services, such as a home for women in Brooklyn, a Free Labor Bureau, and the famed breadline, which began in 1902. The Free Labor Bureau, which connected laborers with farm work outside the city, was opened in 1908 in response to rampant unemployment. Transportation was provided to locations as far as 50 miles away. 227 Bowery Location The Bowery Mission moved to its current location at 227 Bowery in 1909. On June 26, 2012, 227 Bowery was designated a New York City landmark. 227 Bowery was originally built in 1876 for Jonas Stolts, an undertaker and manufacturer of coffins. It was designed by William Jose in the neo-Grec style. The building was altered in 1908-09 for the Mission's use by Marshall L. and Henry G. Emery. The Emerys remodeled the facade in a Tudor Revival style reminiscent of an English Inn and installed stained glass windows by Benjamin Sellers depicting the Parable of the Prodigal Son the second floor. The interior was remodeled into a chapel in the Gothic Revival style. In 1928, the Christian Herald purchased the property from the Stolts family, from whom they had leased the property since 1909. In the 1970s, the Mission's front doors were painted their iconic red by Frank Grande, a former alcoholic and "Bowery Bum." One night, after being stabbed in a park, Grande came to the Mission's doors bleeding. Grande chose the color red in homage to that encounter and to "symbolize Christ's blood as the entrance to life." In 1980, the Mission acquired the Federal-style