Pay Office, Nelson's Dockyard

Pay Office
The building in 2012
Pay Office, Nelson's Dockyard is located in Antigua and Barbuda
Pay Office, Nelson's Dockyard
Location within Antigua and Barbuda
17°00′29.67″N 61°45′51.06″W / 17.0082417°N 61.7641833°W / 17.0082417; -61.7641833
LocationEnglish Harbour
History
Builtc. 1807

The Pay Office, also known as the Signal Locker, is a historic site in Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour. It is one of the Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built c. 1807 and is currently the headquarters of the national UNESCO committee. The building was built with a hurricane-resistant design and was used to manage the payment of dockworkers, containing four smaller offices inside it to fulfill this purpose.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "THE ANTIGUA NAVAL DOCKYARD AND RELATED..." (PDF). Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Antigua Naval Dockyard (Antigua and Barbuda) No 1499". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 27 July 2026.