The iconic colonial house, located in La Guaira town center, was acquired by English businessman John Boulton Townley in 1827. Later used as Casa Boulton’s headquarters, the thriving company dedicated to the exchange of goods between Venezuela, England and U.S.A., was expanded in 1839 with the founding of the Red «D» Line shipping line together with John Dallett, which sailed between New York and Venezuelan ports for almost a century. The strategic location of the two-story house, behind the Compañía Guipuzcoana headquarters, allowed Boulton to consolidate his commercial presence in the port of La Guaira. With over twenty rooms, the house was built with stone and mud walls around a central courtyard with perimeter corridors defined by brick arcades on the ground floor and small wooden columns on the upper floor. Some characteristic elements are the doorway protruding from the façade, covering the two floors of the house, and the prominent continuous wooden balcony, as well as the wide eaves. Construction techniques of the time can be seen in the wooden roofs supported by slanted beams with a collar beam, wooden windows and iron grating. Restored in 1970 by Graziano Gasparini, the headquarters, which was later called H.L. Boulton & Co., functioned as a museum between 1967 and 1986, designed to safeguard the history of Venezuela’s main port. It is currently the seat of the Escuela Taller of La Guaira.