629 Comments for Bannerman's Arsenal

This would be a great idea for a house on a lake.
It would be basically the same design and made with a material that can stand up to water and insects and other types of damage.
Once that is solved then it will become a beautiful home.
Thank you for the wonderful photos.

yes he used it

Yes, he used it.

Ouch! Looking at this hurts my neck, lol.

Some of it has collapsed, but there's a fair amount still standing. I believe support structures are holding up the rest of the walls. The owners use the island in the summer for tour groups and weddings/events, so you can visit it for a fee.

Is this place still standing

@Luka: amazing story!! I did indeed scour every inch of this lost relic, and I did it by way of an inflatable Achilles dinghy with a small Mercury outboard... indeed, the draft around the island is 4" at best at high tide, but still enough to get a 32-foot Carver into the inlet side, where the drawbridge dropped. I'm saddened to hear that more of the structure has collapsed, but we will always have the historical photos both here, and in other collections, to commemorate this fine site! I'll also cherish those little trinkets I've collected there as well.
I doubt I'll ever be available as a "tour guide", as I keep migrating south; but I'm glad you've an appreciation of the place, and I sincerely hope that the new keepers of the park make it as accessible as I've found it in it's ruin. -godk

Thanks Motts.

That's because zombies aren't actually alive.

did you notice that the aforementioned "adornment" was also in the same group of pictures?

if walls could talk

Very nice photos. Sounds like a great adventure, kayaking in the Hudson in April to this place. It must have been beautiful in its day. I have a reproduction catalog of the company, that used to fuel daydreams of "what if I were born in the 1940's, what would I have bought for a few dollars?"

Fabulous building and great photos Mr. Motts. Thanks so much for sharing these and all your other galleries. I'm a big fan.

Thanks for your research and sharing these unique details with us.

Amazing. It is wonderful that you share this with us, Mr. Motts.