Storehouse No. 1, New York Arsenal

104 Governors Island | also 104 Andes Road, 140 Carder Road | Governors Island | built 1900

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1850
The New York Arsenal builds a brick storehouse with a clock tower on a rise
Building 104 went up in 1850 as an ordnance storehouse for the New York Arsenal, a year after the arsenal's boundary was pushed south to Andes Road. It sits on a small rise above the island's original main dock area. Its clock tower, on the east side, was a typical arsenal storehouse feature and made the building even more prominent.
“Building 104 was constructed as an ordnance storehouse for the New York Arsenal in 1850, after the arsenal boundary line was extended south to Andes Road in 1849.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1882
The Military Service Institution borrows the storehouse for an Army museum
In 1882 the Military Service Institution of the United States borrowed the storehouse. General Winfield Scott Hancock, who then commanded Fort Columbus, had pressed for founding the institution in 1878. The building was converted into a museum with offices and a meeting room; the museum closed in 1917 and its collections were given to the Smithsonian Institution.
“In 1882, the building was loaned to the Military Service Institution of the United States ... At that time it was converted to a museum with offices and a meeting room.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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