Murray Barracks

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Murray Barracks (Chinese: 美利兵房) was a barracks for British Army in Admiralty of Central in Hong Kong. It was named after Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance at the time of construction.

[edit] Location

It was situated between present Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The Barracks was located at present Asia Pacific Centre and the Officer's Quarters, also known as Officer's Mess, is located at present Bank of China Tower, close to Queen's Road, (present-day Queensway).

Across Garden Road was Murray Parade Ground (美利操場) and Queen's Road North Barracks, which later known as Wellington Barracks.

Furthur west of parade ground, behind Battery Path, was Murray Battery.

[edit] Officer's Quarter

The quarter was known as Officer's Mess in early days. It was later renamed to Murray House. Before the construction of Bank of China Building, Murray House was dismantled brick-by-brick in the mid-1980s and stored for over 15 years. In around 2002 it was re-erected in Stanley and now houses several restaurants and Hong Kong Maritime Museum, a private maritime museum.