The Governor's House

The Governor’s House was built in the Italianate Style of Architecture that came to life in America in 1842. Architects wrote pattern books for the construction of this new style of Architecture. To learn more on the early Italiante Style that influenced houses similar to the Governor's House see the links below

Governor's Mansion across from the Fish Pond - Suny Maritime Archives

Italiante Architecture ----- Predecessor of Italianate Architecture

• Davis, Alexander, Jackson. Rural residences, etc. : Consisting of designs, original and selected, for cottages, farm-houses, villas, and village churches: with brief explanations, estimates, and a specification of materials, construction, etc.,Publisher NYU, New York, 1837, Location: Found In: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven CT, URI:https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2008214
• Donnell, Edna. “A. J. Davis and the Gothic Revival.” Metropolitan Museum Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936, pp. 183–233, https://doi.org/10.2307/1522810.
• Sailor's Snug Harbor History - Brink's Scrapbook. A news clipping from the Staten Island Advance about the demolishing of the Governor's residence with photo included,Image courtesy of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor Digitized by Stephen B. Luce Library, Maritime College, SUNY, December 13, 1955, URI: http://dcmny.org/islandora/object/snugharbor%3A744/compound-parent-metadata .
• The Governor's Mansion. Snug Harbor Digital Archives Suny Maritime on permanent loan from Sailors Snug Harbor, URI: https://snug-harbor.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/GOVERNORS-HOUSE_SUNY-MARITIME
• The Governors Mansion across from the Fish Pond.Snug Harbor Archives Suny Maritime on permanent loan from Sailors Snug Harbor, Picture taken by Robert Mitchell, Medium: Digital, 3/17/2022