Building 555, Officers' Quarters

555 Short Avenue | also 555A Governors Island, 555 Governors Island, 555B 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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1940
Building 555 is built on landfill as housing for officers of the 16th Regiment
Building 555 went up in 1938-40 as family housing for officers of the 16th Regiment, paired with Building 315. It stands on landfill overlooking Upper New York Bay and was part of the beautification plan proposed in 1928 by McKim, Mead & White. Construction waited until funding came through in the late 1930s.
“Building 555 was constructed in 1938-40 as one of a pair with Building 315 as family housing for officers of the 16th Regiment. Situated on landfill overlooking the Upper New York Bay…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1940
Building 555 is a three-and-a-half-story neo-Georgian block with a pedimented north front
The red brick house is laid in common bond above a cast stone base and covered by a slate roof with arched dormers. Its north side, facing Craig Road North, has a shallow pedimented pavilion, and each of three sections has its own entrance there. On the south, three projecting wings carry hipped roofs.
“The north and south facades are organized into three sections. On the north (facing Craig Road North), this organization is marked by a shallow projecting pavilion surmounted by a pediment…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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