The Dutch House (Building 3)

3 Governors Island | also 3A Barry Road, 3B Barry Road, 3A Governors Island | 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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1846
The Army builds a brick storehouse for Fort Columbus on Governors Island
Building 3 goes up in 1846 as a commissary and quartermaster storehouse, built to ease the shortage of places to keep supplies at the Fort Columbus garrison. It originally faced north, with large door and window openings so goods could move in and out, and an open interior without partitions. Its stepped end gables are original to the brick walls.
“Building 3 was built in 1846 as a commissary storehouse and a Quartermaster storehouse to solve the problem of goods storage on the Fort Columbus post.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1920
The Army turns the old storehouse toward Nolan Park and remodels it as officers' quarters
Between 1920 and 1922 the Army remodeled the brick storehouse as officers' housing. It was turned from facing north to facing west, porches were added, and door and window openings were altered. The result was two residential units, and the building's stepped gables earned it the nickname the Dutch House.
“1920-22 - building reoriented from north to west, porches added, door and window openings altered when building was remodeled for officers' quarters.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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