Public School 26

301 Governors Island | also 301 Comfort 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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1934
The Army base opens Public School 26, designed by Eric Kibbon
Public School 26 went up in 1934, when the Governors Island base was expanding to meet the needs of the 16th Regiment. Architect Eric Kibbon, who practiced in New York in the 1930s, gave the one-story building a neo-Georgian design to match the new housing nearby. A cast stone eagle fills the pediment over the entrance pavilion, a fitting touch for a school on a military post.
“…constructed in 1934 when the army base at Governors Island expanded to accommodate the needs of the 16th Regiment. The architect, Eric Kibbon…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1970
A larger island school opens and the old Public School 26 becomes a child care center
Wings were added to the east and north sides of the school in 1959-60, in a style that matched the original. Around 1970 a bigger public school was built on part of the island outside today's historic district boundary. Afterward the 1934 building was converted into a daycare center, called the Child Development Center in the landmarks report.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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