Building 1020 in Work Point Barracks was built in 1898 to for use as the base administration and headquarters. It housed the first headquarters of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1941, later under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joan Kennedy.
Formerly known as the Frezenberg Building, it was rededicated by the Naval Officer’s Training Centre (Venture) in 1998 in memory of His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Haida, a Tribal class destroyer that served in the Second World War and Korean War. Haida helped sink 14 ships during the Second World War. After peacetime service from 1947 to 1950, it served from 1952 to 1954 in the Korean War where Haida protected aircraft carriers and blockaded supply lines. It also helped blow up communist supply trains as they sped along the coast in what was known as “train busting.”
Haida remained in service with the Royal Canadian Navy until 11 October 1963. After being moved to Ontario Place, Toronto, as a memorial, then to dry docks in St. Catharines for repairs, it moved to Hamilton, Ontario, where in June 2004 it opened as a National Historic Site. Haida is moored at Pier 9 in Hamilton Harbour and is the only surviving Tribal class destroyer.
