20A Evans Road

also 20 Governors Island, 20 Evans Road, 20B Evans 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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1902
The Army finishes the Nolan Park row with a Colonial Revival officers' house
Building 20 is built in 1902 for a company officer and is the last of the officers' quarters to go up facing Nolan Park. It follows the general form of the earlier houses on the green but is designed with Colonial Revival detail. It stands three stories tall, with wrap-around porches flanking a projecting front wing.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1936
A single-family officer's house is reworked into quarters for two families
Building 20 began as a single-unit house for one company officer. In 1936-38 its interior was reconfigured for two families, the front porch was rebuilt, and the south bay was removed. Decorative brackets and dentils were also taken off the eaves.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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