guardhouses

[The Imperial Police Station in Firuzağa which was recently built in t...

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An old sentry tower on the northern wall of San Juan, Porto Rico

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Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Exclusion Area Sentry Station,...

Significance: The Exclusion Area Sentry Station (EASS) controlled ingress/egress of the Remote Sprint Launch (RSL) Site #1 Exclusion Area. Survey number: HAER ND-9-W Building/structure dates: 1973 Initial Construction

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure fronted on Thayer Street and was completed on November 15, 1904, costing $2,603.96. Built in a Classical Revival style according to the Quartermaster General's plan 39C, the struct... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort Laramie, Old Guard House, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

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Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Entry Control Building, Of...

Significance: This 130-square-foot building is an element of the SAC Alert Area, a self contained high security complex. During the Cold War; Building 2894 was the Alert access control facility and was essentia... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...

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Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fuel Maintenance Shop, West of Jarvis S...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. As a Category 3 structure, it has been determined that Building No. 439 functioned as part of the Pearl Ha... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 141, 463 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Mi...

Significance: A good example of late 19th century architecture which has undergone a number of inappropriate modifications. It was originally a guardhouse for the arsenal. Survey number: HABS MA-1009 Buildin... More

Horseshoe Ranger Station, Building B, 15 miles South of Parshall, Pars...

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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 225, Rodman Avenue between Flagler S...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 225, Rodman Avenue between Flagler S...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 81/82, Main Gate, Gu...

Significance: The Guard House and Passenger Station flanked either side of Wright Field's main entrance until a new entrance was created in 1943. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N121... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...

Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, Curtiss Street at Galaxy S...

Significance: In response to massive pre-World War II mobilization, the Fire and Guard House was built in 1940 to house two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crash truck, 44 prisoners, 10 firemen, and 11 guards. The... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, Curtiss Street at Galaxy S...

Significance: In response to massive pre-World War II mobilization, the Fire and Guard House was built in 1940 to house two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crash truck, 44 prisoners, 10 firemen, and 11 guards. The... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, Curtiss Street at Galaxy S...

Significance: In response to massive pre-World War II mobilization, the Fire and Guard House was built in 1940 to house two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crash truck, 44 prisoners, 10 firemen, and 11 guards. The... More

Fort Mackinac, Guardhouse, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

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Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 321, Rodman Avenue & Rock Island Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 321, Rodman Avenue & Rock Island Ave...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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Hamilton Field, Fire Station & Guard House, Southwest corner of Sevent...

Significance: The base Fire Station and Guard House initially provided fire rescue service to the entire base and air field and had a guard house with cells in the rear. During the 1950s, the interior was conv... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More

Hamilton Field, Sentry Station, Main Entrance Road at B Street, Novato...

Significance: The building is significant as an example of the application of an important architectural trend (Spanish Colonial Revival) adapted to reflect California's mission heritage in a dramatic departure... More

Hamilton Field, Sentry Station, Main Entrance Road at B Street, Novato...

Significance: The building is significant as an example of the application of an important architectural trend (Spanish Colonial Revival) adapted to reflect California's mission heritage in a dramatic departure... More

Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: In 1846 the Mexican governor of Alta California, Pio Pico, directed that a 500 varas square of land facing onto San Pedro Bay be set aside as a government reservation (approximately 44.25 acres). ... More

Haunted sentry box, San Juan, P.R.

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Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Sentry Station, North of Secon...

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Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 34, Southwest corner Mordecai Road & M...

Significance: Building 34 is associated with the continued use of Frankford Arsenal as an important U.S. Army post during the decades following World War II. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AL Building/structure da... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure fronted on Thayer Street and was completed on November 15, 1904, costing $2,603.96. Built in a Classical Revival style according to the Quartermaster General's plan 39C, the struct... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

Fort Laramie, Old Guard House, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The only non-residential building on the post that was always used for its original purpose. Architecturally intact. Demonstrates the most extensive use of embossed metal that remains on the pos... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Entry Control Building, Of...

Significance: This 130-square-foot building is an element of the SAC Alert Area, a self contained high security complex. During the Cold War; Building 2894 was the Alert access control facility and was essentia... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Selfridge Field, Building No. 1580, South of East Joy Boulevard, west ...

Significance: Building 1580 is a small functional structure that provided security support for a Nike missile battery at Selfridge and is therefore associated with one of the most important assemblages that mos... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly dist... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Limited Area Sentry Station, B...

Significance: Similar to the Limited Access Sentry Station (LASS) at the Missile Site Radar (MSR) site, this station controlled the sally-port gates that permitted entrance into the Remote Sprint Launch (RSL) S... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 141, 463 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Mi...

Significance: A good example of late 19th century architecture which has undergone a number of inappropriate modifications. It was originally a guardhouse for the arsenal. Survey number: HABS MA-1009 Buildin... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 141, 463 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Mi...

Significance: A good example of late 19th century architecture which has undergone a number of inappropriate modifications. It was originally a guardhouse for the arsenal. Survey number: HABS MA-1009 Buildin... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...

Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...

Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Guard House & Barracks, Railroad Avenue ne...

Significance: Building 930, built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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Benicia Arsenal, Guard & Engine House, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This building, a very good example of nineteenth-century military architecture, solves in a deft way the problem of coupling two different functions into a compact structure, by placing the guard ... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More