Governor's House

2 Barry Road | also 2 Governors Island, 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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1813
The Guard House, later called the Governor's House, is built on Governors Island
Built sometime between about 1805 and 1813, this Georgian brick building was originally the post's guard house and served as the commanding officers' quarters from 1822 to 1843. Despite its name, it is not the colonial governor's mansion, which dated from 1702; it is the oldest structure on the island that is not a fortification. It was designated a city landmark in 1967.
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1939
A brick annex is added to the Governor's House
Builders construct a brick wing on the south side of the Georgian-style Guard House, adapting the early 19th-century structure for continued use as officers' quarters. The addition comes after decades of service, first as the post's main guard house and later purely as living quarters. Its Ionic-columned entrance portico and six-over-six windows survive largely unchanged.
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1967
September 19
The city designates the Governor's House a landmark
The brick Guard House, built during the War of 1812 and later known as the Governor's House, is designated a New York City landmark. It is the oldest non-fortification structure on Governors Island, despite a popular belief that it dates to the colonial era. The National Register of Historic Places adds the building six years later, in 1973.
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