Building 110, New York Arsenal storehouse

110 Governors Island | also 110 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.

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

1870
The New York Arsenal plans a brick storehouse for surplus Civil War arms
A storehouse for the New York Arsenal was first proposed in 1870 on Governors Island, on the north shore west of the ferry slip. It was meant to hold obsolete weapons piled up during the Civil War that the Army wanted to sell on the New York market. The two-and-a-half-story brick building was finished by 1879 and set into the slope of the hill below the fort.
“…first proposed in 1870 and constructed prior to 1879, was constructed for the New York Arsenal to store obsolete arms from the Civil War…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1902
By 1902 the Quartermaster Corps controls the arsenal storehouse, later using it for offices
The Quartermaster Corps had asked in the 1880s to use part of Building 110 for storage, and the request was denied. Even so, the Quartermaster gained control of the building before 1902. Its department kept offices there during World War I, and the building has stayed in office use since. The 1930s brought larger window openings, and a utility wing was added at the west end in 1955.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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