Building 12, section 12H (Kimmel Road officers' housing)

12H Governors Island | also 12H Kimmel Road, 12H Barry Road, 140 Carder Road | Governors Island | built 1900

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1928
The 16th Infantry names the island's roads, including Kimmel Road in front of Building 12
The 16th Infantry was stationed on Governors Island from 1921 until World War II, and from 1928 it named the island's streets and fields to honor soldiers of the First World War and heroes of Civil War and Spanish-American War battles. Kimmel Road, which Building 12 faces, was among them, along with Carder Road, Evans Road, Andes Road and Soissons Dock. Building 12 was built as housing for this regiment's officers. This address is one of its sections.
“Soissons Dock, Kimmell Road, Carder Road, Evans Road, and Andes Road are among the many streets and sites named by the 16th Infantry…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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