A guardhouse (also known as a watch house, guard building, guard booth, guard shack, security booth, security building, or sentry building) is a building used to house personnel and security equipment. Guardhouses have historically been dormitories for sentries or guards, and places where sentries not posted to sentry posts wait "on call", but are more recently staffed by a contracted security company. Some guardhouses also function as jails.[1][2]
In 21st century commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, or residential facilities, Guardhouses are generally placed at the entrance as checkpoints for securing, monitoring and maintaining access control into the secured facility. In the case of small to mid-sized facilities, generally, the entire physical security envelope is controlled from the Guardhouse.
One of the general orders of a sentry in the United States Navy and Marine corps is to "Repeat all calls more distant from the guardhouse than my own." Guardhouses thus serve as central communications hubs for outlying sentry posts, being where the Corporal of the Guard is stationed.[3] When sentries are relieved by their replacements, the sentry stationed at the Guardhouse, designated "No. 1", is conventionally relieved first.[4][5]
Modern guardhouses are manufactured with welded, galvanized steel construction, insulated, include heat and light, have 360 degree visibility, and can also be bullet resistant. These guardhouses keep security guards comfortable as well as secure.[6] The first modern guardhouse was manufactured by Par-Kut International in 1954. In the 21st century, guardhouses have provided more options such as exterior floodlights, reflective bullet resistant glass, gun ports, elevated platforms, highly mobile trailer mounting, anti fatigue floor mats, dimmable interior light, and a built in bathroom.[7]
Historical guardhousesedit
In the Fortress of Louisbourg in the 18th century, Guardhouses were where sentries were stationed to eat and sleep between periods of sentry duty at the 21 sentry posts around the town. The town had five Guardhouses (the Dauphine Gate, the townside entrance to the King's Bastion, the Queen's Gate, the Maurepas Gate, and the Pièce de la Grave), and whilst not sleeping sentries would be "on call" from those Guardhouses at need.[8]
In the Guardhouse at Fort Scott National Historic Site, typical furnishings for guard quarters included benches, tables, shelves, a platform bed for the men resting between assignments, arms racks, a fireplace or stove, and leather buckets (used for firefighting - another duty of guards). Prison cells were unfurnished, containing simply a slop bucket and iron rings on walls for the attachment of shackles.[9]
^Kornwolf, James (2002). Architecture and town planning in colonial North America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1312. ISBN0-8018-5986-7.
^. Officer Training Command Pensacola. Archived from the original on 2006-12-09.
^August V. Kautz (1864). . Customs of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers (as practised in the Army of the United States). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
^. Army Wives. Miro International Pty Ltd. 2005-11-18. Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
^. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG 1713 - 1758. L'Institut de Louisbourg. Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
^"Guardhouse: A Birds Eye View". Life on the Frontier. U.S. National Park Service., kabtechusa.com
Further readingedit
"The Guardhouse". Colonial Williamsburg. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. - a description of the guardhouse at Colonial Williamsburg
Lindsay, Charles S. (1975). . Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History - Contributions from the Fortress of Louisbourg. Ottawa: Parks Canada. 12 (2). Archived from the original on 2007-03-22.
. Arsenal Technical High School Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. - a description of the guardhouse at Arsenal Technical High School, tracing its history from being a combined guardhouse and jail for the U.S. Army barracks through being a school "beanery" to its current function as a school security office
Kate Holmes (1979). "Windsor Barracks the Guardhouse" (Document). Australian Society for Historical Archaeology. - an archaeological report on the guardhouse at the Macquarie Street entrance of the Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, New South Wales
. Tour the museum. Fort Concho National Historic Landmark. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. - an extract from the Fort Concho Medical History Record of May 1871, describing in detail the now nonexistent guardhouse
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A guardhouse also known as a watch house guard building guard booth guard shack security booth security building or sentry building is a building used to house personnel and security equipment Guardhouses have historically been dormitories for sentries or guards and places where sentries not posted to sentry posts wait on call but are more recently staffed by a contracted security company Some guardhouses also function as jails 1 2 Gunma University Kiryu Campus Kiryu City Gunma Japan Built in 1915 Guardhouse Royal Military College of CanadaThe Hyakunin Bansho former guard house inside the former Imperial Palace Edo Castle was staffed by 100 samurai Graveyard Guardhouse introduced in the 1800s to prevent body snatchingSaint Michael s Castle guardhouse in Saint Petersburg RussiaEast German border guardhouse in Berlin 1984 Contents 1 Modern guardhouses 2 Historical guardhouses 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingModern guardhouses editIn 21st century commercial industrial 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modern guardhouse was manufactured by Par Kut International in 1954 In the 21st century guardhouses have provided more options such as exterior floodlights reflective bullet resistant glass gun ports elevated platforms highly mobile trailer mounting anti fatigue floor mats dimmable interior light and a built in bathroom 7 Historical guardhouses editIn the Fortress of Louisbourg in the 18th century Guardhouses were where sentries were stationed to eat and sleep between periods of sentry duty at the 21 sentry posts around the town The town had five Guardhouses the Dauphine Gate the townside entrance to the King s Bastion the Queen s Gate the Maurepas Gate and the Piece de la Grave and whilst not sleeping sentries would be on call from those Guardhouses at need 8 In the Guardhouse at Fort Scott National Historic Site typical furnishings for guard quarters included benches tables shelves a platform bed for the men resting between assignments arms racks a fireplace or stove and leather buckets used for firefighting another duty of guards Prison cells were unfurnished containing simply a slop bucket and iron rings on walls for the attachment of shackles 9 See also editGatehouse Neue Wache Kōban The Guardhouse a mountain in Montana Guard tower Sentry box BlockhouseReferences edit Kornwolf James 2002 Architecture and town planning in colonial North America Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press p 1312 ISBN 0 8018 5986 7 info drawn from Ketcham Sally Guardhouse Overview Retrieved 2009 05 26 General Orders of a Sentry Officer Training Command Pensacola Archived from the original on 2006 12 09 August V Kautz 1864 The Corporal Customs of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers as practised in the Army of the United States Philadelphia J B Lippincott amp Co Archived from the original on 2007 01 07 Retrieved 2006 12 01 Procedures for Posting and Relieving Sentries Army Wives Miro International Pty Ltd 2005 11 18 Archived from the original on 2007 03 28 Retrieved 2006 12 01 Home guardianbooth com Guard House Guard Booths Guard Houses Guardhouse Portable Steel Buildings The Town Guard THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT THE FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG 1713 1758 L Institut de Louisbourg Archived from the original on 2007 03 22 Retrieved 2006 12 01 Guardhouse A Birds Eye View Life on the Frontier U S National Park Service kabtechusa comFurther reading edit The Guardhouse Colonial Williamsburg The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation a description of the guardhouse at Colonial Williamsburg Lindsay Charles S 1975 Louisbourg Guardhouses Canadian Historic Sites Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History Contributions from the Fortress of Louisbourg Ottawa Parks Canada 12 2 Archived from the original on 2007 03 22 History of the ATHS Guardhouse Arsenal Technical High School Alumni Association Archived from the original on 2006 10 19 a description of the guardhouse at Arsenal Technical High School tracing its history from being a combined guardhouse and jail for the U S Army barracks through being a school beanery to its current function as a school security office Kate Holmes 1979 Windsor Barracks the Guardhouse Document Australian Society for Historical Archaeology an archaeological report on the guardhouse at the Macquarie Street entrance of the Lancer Barracks in Parramatta New South Wales Guardhouse Tour the museum Fort Concho National Historic Landmark Archived from the original on 2006 10 20 an extract from the Fort Concho Medical History Record of May 1871 describing in detail the now nonexistent guardhouse nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guardhouses Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guardhouse amp oldid 1176196009, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
