N.W.M.P. Commanding Officer’s Quarters

Le logement du commandant de la P.C.N.O.

[English]

This handsome residence was built in 1902 for the commanding officer of the North West Mounted Police. It lent dignity, authority and a degree of permanence to the presence of law and order in ...

Commanding Officer’s Quarters

Governors Island

This imposing residence is the Commanding Officer’s Quarters, also known as the Admiral’s House (after the most recent Coast Guard residents.) Built in the Greek revival style, it was completed in 1843. The house was designed by prominent ...

Commanding Officer’s Quarters

The rooms on the left end of this building stood as a separate structure during the 1814 period. this was the residence of Major George Armistead, commanding officer and “Hero of Fort McHenry.”

It was Armistead who directed the successful ...