Guard Station and Engineer's Building

Guard Station and Engineer's Building
Guard Station and Engineer's Building is located in Antigua and Barbuda
Guard Station and Engineer's Building
Location within Antigua and Barbuda
17°00′29.12″N 61°45′56.75″W / 17.0080889°N 61.7657639°W / 17.0080889; -61.7657639
LocationEnglish Harbour
History
Built1776

The Guard Station and Engineer's Building is a historic site in Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour. It is one of the Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites, a UNSECO World Heritage Site. The building was built in two phases: the guard station being built in 1778 and the engineer's building being built in 1776. It is a long brick building located at the dockyard's perimeter and today is mostly used for storage purposes.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Antigua naval dockyard and related archaeological sites" (PDF). whc.unesco.org.
  2. ↑ "The Antigua Naval Dockyard (Antigua and Barbuda) No 1499". whc.unesco.org.