Building 7, Nolan Park

7A Governors Island | also 7A Barry Road, 7B Governors Island, 7B Barry 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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1878
General Hancock makes Fort Columbus a favored post and orders the Nolan Park houses, Building 7 among them
When General Winfield Scott Hancock brought the Army's Atlantic division headquarters to Governors Island in 1878, he set out to make life there better for officers and their families. He secured a good water supply and gas lighting, founded the Military Service Institution with its museum, and started the first Army-run ferry, free to soldiers and their families. He also directed the construction of the officers' quarters around the green, which includes Building 7. The island came to be a favorite post for Army officers.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1937
A corner wing and rear sun rooms are added to Building 7's wooden house
Building 7 gains a one-story wing at its northeast corner sometime between 1902 and 1921, and sun rooms at the back in 1936-37. The house itself is a T-shaped, two-story clapboard building on a brick foundation, with gabled dormers and a full-width porch on its west front. It stands in a lawn with trees, reached by brick walks from Nolan Park.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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