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Governors Island National Monument is a unit of the United States national park system in New York City.It is located on 22 acres (89,000 m 2) of Governors Island, a 172-acre (0.70 km 2) island located off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in New York Harbor.
The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is responsible for managing the 22 acres (8.9 ha) that comprise the Governors Island National Monument. It works with the National Parks of New York Harbor (a branch of the National Park Service) in a public-private partnership, and is the official nonprofit ...
Governors Island: A circular 19th century fortification of red sandstone on the northwest point of Governors Island, part of a system of forts to protect New York City from naval attack. Now part of Governors Island National Monument. 5: Chapel of the Good Shepherd: Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the Federalist Party, New York governor, Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of State, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...
In 2003, Castle Williams and the neighboring fortification, Fort Jay, were transferred to the National Park Service under the administration of the Governors Island National Monument. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Governors Island Governors Island National Monument: Feb 4, 1985 Manhattan: New York: Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided * Hamilton Grange National Memorial: Dec 19, 1960 Manhattan: New York
The LPC designated its first landmarks on smaller islands in Manhattan during 1967, when five buildings on Governors Island were given individual-landmark status. [17] The LPC subsequently gave individual-landmark status to six buildings on Roosevelt Island in March 1976; the structures included a house, a lighthouse, a chapel, and three former hospitals. [18]
There are nine National Monuments, National Memorials or National Historic Sites in New York City (all but the Statue of Liberty and Castle Clinton are also National Historic Landmarks): African Burial Ground National Monument, declared February 27, 2006; Governors Island National Monument, declared January 19, 2001