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Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Kingston, Jamaica" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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.
That was when a height restriction of no more than 60 feet (18 m) was instituted on buildings in the city centre. These three-story-high buildings were built with reinforced concrete. Construction on King Street in the city was the first area to breach this building code. [19] Kingston, Jamaica from the masthead of HMAS Melbourne - 1915
Kingston Theatre, was a theatre in Kingston, Jamaica, between 1775 and 1838. [1] It was a major cultural centre of the island during its duration and had a good reputation also outside of the island, giving Jamaica a name of cultural sophistication, and it remained the main theatre of Jamaica during its history.
Rockfort, [a] located east of Kingston, Jamaica, [1] in an area previously known as Harbour Head, [2] is the ruins of a 17th century rock fort that was once surrounded by a moat. [3] First the site of a British rock fort, [1] it was fortified in 1694 to protect the eastern edge of Kingston against an invasion by the French.
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