Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 37, Arsenal Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Building No. 37, the West Timber Storehouse, is the earliest building on the present AMTL property and was integral to the industrial development of the Watertown Arsenal after 1850. It was originally erected to store and dry timber used in gun carriage production, a primary manufacturing activity at Watertown Arsenal. It matched an earlier timber storehouse which once stood to the east. Along with three buildings to the west and north (43, HAER No. MA-20-C, 312; HAER No. MA-20-F; and 313, HAER No. MA-20-G) constructed between 1862 and 1894, it formed part of a tightly functioning gun carriage manufacturing complex. In the 1890s, it was converted to an iron and brass foundry to meet new technological requirements. Since 1918, the building has been used for maintenance and, later, also as division offices.
Survey number: HAER MA-20-B