警衛室

警衛室是一個以保安為目的建造的建築，駐紮有哨兵或警衛。一些警衛室還有監獄之用。^[1]^[2]

現代警衛室

21世紀的警衛室用於各種機關及門禁社區門口，以檢查進出入人物，一些大些的機構，警衛室會負責整個地區安全。

美國陸海軍警衛室常用的一個口號是「向下一個警衛室重複所有命令」（Repeat all calls more distant from the guardhouse than my own）。^[3] 當他們休息時，編號第一位的警衛室第一個休息。^[4]^[5]

^ Kornwolf, James. Architecture and town planning in colonial North America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2002: 1312. ISBN 0-8018-5986-7.
^ info drawn from: Ketcham, Sally. Guardhouse Overview. [2009-05-26]. （原始內容存檔於2009-02-21）.
^ General Orders of a Sentry. Officer Training Command Pensacola. [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2006-12-09）.
^ August V. Kautz. The Corporal. Customs of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers (as practised in the Army of the United States). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1864 [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2007-01-07）.
^ Procedures for Posting and Relieving Sentries. Army Wives. Miro International Pty Ltd. 2005-11-18 [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2007-03-28）.

The Guardhouse. Colonial Williamsburg. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2013-09-13）. - a description of the guardhouse at Colonial Williamsburg
Lindsay, Charles S. Louisbourg Guardhouses. Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History - Contributions from the Fortress of Louisbourg (Ottawa: Parks Canada). 1975, 12 (2) [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2007-03-22）.
History of the ATHS Guardhouse. Arsenal Technical High School Alumni Association. [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於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. Windsor Barracks the Guardhouse. Australian Society for Historical Archaeology. 1979. - 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. [2013-09-03]. （原始內容存檔於2006-10-20）. - an extract from the Fort Concho Medical History Record of May 1871, describing in detail the now nonexistent guardhouse