National Historic Landmark -Governors Island

National Historic Landmark -Governors Island

From the time of the Revolution, Governors Island has been a major component of the coastal fortification system for the nation's largest harbor.

The present fortifications, Fort Jay, a square four bastioned fort, and Castle Williams, ...

Governors Island Medical Buildings

Governors Island

This Greek revival style building was constructed in 1839 to serve as a post hospital. In its earliest configuration, the hospital consisted of two wards on the first floor and three smaller wards on the second. The basement ...

Polo on Governors Island

Governors Island

One of the most popular pastimes for officers stationed on Governors Island was polo. It provided officers stationed here a unique recreational opportunity and provided a way to hone their riding skills. Polo was first introduced to the ...

McKim, Meade & White, Architects of Governors Island

Governors Island

The design and layout of Governors Island National Historic District owes much of its development to changing times and roles. From early Dutch settlement to its incarnations as a military base to the US Army and the Coast ...

Governors Island History in Brief

Governors Island

Governors Island boasts a long military history and has played an important role in every major American military engagement since the Revolutionary War, including the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II and ...

The Dutch and Governors Island

Governors Island

The Dutch East India Company commissioned Henry Hudson to identify a northwest passage to the Indies. As a part of that effort, Hudson entered New York Bay on September 11, 1609 in his vessel The Half Moon and ...

Flight on Governors Island

Governors Island

The new Governors Island landfill was only just complete – a largely empty dust blown expanse of over 100 acres – when it gained fame for its role in the budding aviation industry. In 1909, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration ...

Governors Island

Called by the Indians “Pagganck,”

was purchased from two members

of the Indian tribe of Manahatas

named Carapetayne and Pehiwas by

Wouter Van Twiller, a Governor and

Director General of New Nether-

land – June 16, 1637; The price paid

Governors Island

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1985

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Carder Road ...

Governors Island

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1985

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Carder Road ...