Whitfield Barracks | |
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威菲路兵房 | |
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Classification | Grade I historic buildings |
Location | Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
Country | Hong Kong |
Named for | Henry Wase Whitfield |
Construction started | 1890s |
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Traditional Chinese | 威菲路兵房 | ||||||||
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Whitfield Barracks were barracks in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named after Henry Wase Whitfield, who was appointed commander of the British Army in Hong Kong in 1869.[1] The area is now the site of Kowloon Park, where four reconverted barrack blocks and parts of the former Kowloon West II Battery remain.