Stairs of the old port and guard house
| The Old Wharf Steps and Guardhouse | |||
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National Monument in Sierra Leone 
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| Monument type | monument | ||
| location | Freetown | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 8 ° 29 '29.4 " N , 13 ° 14' 6.8" W | ||
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| Emergence | 1818 | ||
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Recognized by the Monuments and Relics Commission |
1953 | ||
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| Website | Website | ||
The stairs of the old harbor and the associated guardhouse ( English The Old Wharf Steps and Guardhouse ) are a national monument of the African state of Sierra Leone in Freetown . The stairs are also known under the name "Portuguese stairs".
The stairs are between the buildings of the former British Army Commissariat and the former French Company , which now serve as the City Council and Election Commission buildings. It runs from Wallace Johnson Street to the Freetown harbor jetty. They were built in 1818 on the instructions of Governor Charles McCarthy , and a year later a guardhouse was built above.
The stairs and the guardhouse were registered as a national monument in 1953.
Web links
- Official website of SierraLeoneHeritage.org (English)
- Website of the Tourism Office of Sierra Leone as a national monument (English)
- Documentation and Inventory of Immovable Cultural Heritage 2009 (English; PDF; 35 kB)