5A Governors Island
also 5B Barry Road, 5B Governors Island, 5A Barry Road | Governors Island | built 1900
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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.
- 1895
The twin of Building 4 gains a two-story south wing between 1895 and 1904
Building 5 was one of the two double houses of 1855-57 for field officers at Fort Columbus. Sometime between 1895 and 1904 a two-story wing was added at its south end, and in the twentieth century a matching north wing and rear additions followed. Dormers and porches had already been added in the 1800s.
“1895-1904 - south wing added; 20th c. - north wing added and additions at the rear (east)…”
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