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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1708/00/00 Governor's House may have been built as early as 1702 (possibly early 19th c) as a residence for British Colonial Governors. It may have been built for Lord Cornbury in 1708.
1743/09/00 George Clinton (Royal Navy officer) Home George Clinton is appointed Governor of the Province of New York in July 1741 and arrived in New York in September 1743.

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Particulars for Governor's House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Owner Federal
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Area of Significance Military
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 26th April 1973

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Governor's House
Registry Address: Governors Island
Registry Number: 73001217
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1702, 1812
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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