Gun Carriage Storehouse (Building 107)

107 Andes Road | also 107 Governors Island, 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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1856
The New York Arsenal builds a brick shed for gun carriages on Governors Island
The western section of Building 107 dates from 1856-57, when the New York Arsenal put up a storage shed for gun carriages. It was the fourth storehouse built for the Arsenal on the island. The Landmarks Preservation Commission lists its architect as undetermined.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1904
A fire burns the gun carriage storehouse, which is rebuilt and then doubled in size
The building burned in 1904 and was rebuilt. Between 1908 and 1918 an eastern section was added, doubling its size, along with a brick addition at the southwest corner.
“The building burned in 1904 and was rebuilt. It was then doubled in size between 1908 and 1918 when the eastern section was constructed.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1920
The New York Arsenal closes and the storehouse passes to the Second Corps Area
When the New York Arsenal shut down in 1920, the Army's Second Corps Area took over Building 107 and kept using it for storage. In 1940 a section was added at the southeast corner as the building was converted to offices, a use it has kept since.
“When the New York Arsenal closed in 1920, the building was turned over to the Second Corps Area of the Army which continued to use it for storage.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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