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Buildings of architectural and historic interest. Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road; Jamaica College Buildings: Simms Hall, Scotland Building, Assembly Hall, Chapel; Charlottenburgh House, Guava Ridge; Mico College Buildings: Kelvin Lodge, Cottage, Porter's Lodge, Chapel; Admiral's Mountain Great House, Cooper's Hill; Cherry Garden Great House, 46 ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Kingston, Jamaica" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Construction of the current building began in 1845, shortly after the end of slavery. Previously, the Kingston House of Correction stood on the same site. The new penitentiary was designed according to the 'separate system' in which prisoners are held in isolation, although in practice sharing of the small cells has been common. [8]
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
Jamaican Georgian architecture is an architectural style that was popular in Jamaica between c. 1750 and c. 1850. [1] It married the elegance of Georgian styling with functional features designed to weather Jamaica's tropical climate. [2] It was used at all levels in society, from the most important public buildings to humble domestic dwellings.
The Jamaica Archives and Records Department is the national archives of Jamaica. [1] History. The department was created in 1955 from the archives section of the ...
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Buildings and structures in Kingston, Jamaica (1 C, 39 P) C. ... Pages in category "Kingston, Jamaica" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.