Building 25 (Nolan Park)

25 Andes Road | also 25 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.

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1811
A long brick ordnance storehouse goes up at the north end of what is now Nolan Park
Built in 1811 to store ordnance, this narrow brick building runs about 180 feet long and 30 feet wide, stepping from two stories on the park side to three on the waterfront slope. The Landmarks Preservation Commission attributes it to Lt. Col. Jonathan Williams. It ranks with the oldest buildings still standing from the reconstruction of Fort Jay as Fort Columbus. Later users included a school, carpenter shop, library, billiard rooms and a court-martial room.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1878
The storehouse becomes the first office of the commander of the post
When the Army relocated the headquarters of the Department of the East and of the Military Division of the Atlantic to Fort Columbus in 1878, the old ordnance storehouse became the first office of the post commander. The commission suggests the building's first enlargement coincided with this new use. It names the conversion as perhaps the most notable of the many roles the building has played.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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