#guard house

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[pix4japan]

Front view of a feudal lord’s front gate (left) and an attached guard house (right) featuring a curved roof. Structures were built entirely of Japanese zelkova trees between 1912-1926. All of the wood and tilings remain in excellent condition even after enduring the 1926 Great Kanto Earthquake, firebombing air raids over Tokyo , numerous typhoons, pests. ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/200 sec. #frontgate #feudallordhome #Japanesearchitecture #koganeipark #TaishoEra #伊達家の門 #大名屋敷の門 #小金井公園 #江戸東京たてもの園

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“The O-bansho guardhouse is one of the three remaining guardhouses of the Tokugawa Shogunate’s Edo Castle. It was located at the final checkpoint before entering the Honmaru (the main compound) of the castle. Members of the relatively high ranking bushi class served here.”

[rabbitcruiser]

Former Military Chapel (Bachelor Quarters), Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

The Former Military Chapel (Bachelor Quarters) is a building on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco. It is located next to the Sally Port and Dock and the Building 64 residential apartments. It was built in the 1920s in the mission-revival style to accommodate for the officers at the military prison on the island. The ground floor had quarters for the officers and their families who worked at the military prison and the top floor was used as a school and chapel. It functioned as a Sunday School for children of the military personnel on Sundays.In 1934, when Alcatraz became a Federal Penitentiary, the building was used as a Bachelor Quarters for unmarried officers. 

Source: Wikipedia

[homeworlddesign]

Desert Palisades Guard House by Studio AR&D Architects http://homeworlddesign.com/desert-palisades-guard-house-studio-ard-architects/

[grapecola]

Guard Duty …

[wolfman-al]

The baroque guard house at the town gate of castle Friedberg. It looks like a scaled down version of the Hauptwache, the old main guard house, in Frankfurt.

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