chart house

a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.

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Also called chart room.

First recorded in 1890–95

And with that steel wall of the chart-house as a shield they laugh at us as from a conning tower.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London
So I made up an excuse and sent him off to the chart-house for a pair of dividers (which I didn't want), and away he went.
Major Vigoureux|A. T. Quiller-Couch
On the roof of the chart-house are the main steering-gear and the engine-room telegraph.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
The wind begins to change, and presently the captain glancing out the door of the chart-house clucks his chagrin.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry

Isaac Chantz jerked open the chart-house door, which swung outward.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London