The Immigration Agent General Office, housed
from its institution in 1838
the officials responsible for Indian immigration into the colony. These immigrants provided the first
successful substitute for the enslaved Africans after Abolition in 1834 and Emancipation in 1838. The
Teachers Training College was also housed in this building, which at present is
the office of the National
Centre For Education Resource Development.
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| The Wai Wai Indians, from Konashen in the southern Rupununi Savannahs,
constructed the Umana Yana in 1972
for a meeting of the Foreign
Ministers of the Non - Aligned nations. Its structural members
are lashed together with bush ropes. The conical
shaped roof is a combination of
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The four tall ‘bull –forehead’
greenheart poles constitute a monument to the African Freedom
Fighters which was erected
in the compound of the Umana Yana. when the United Nations Commission met
in Georgetown in 1974. It was unveiled by former President, the late Linden
Forbes Sampson Burnham on 26 August 1974,'Namibia Day'.
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The Guyana Marine Turtle Monument,
illustrating life as a newly hatched Leatherback turtle crawls out
of its shell was erected by
the Guyana Marine
Turtle 2001 Conservation Organization to synthesize the public of their natural
heritage.
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The Lighthouse is approximately a quarter mile from the port
of Georgetown, it is situated at the mouth of the Demerara River. The foundation
stone of the present building was
laid in 1830, replacing a wooden lighthouse which was constructed by
the Dutch in 1817.
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The Canadian High Commission, was previously the main
home of the Sisters of Mercy in Guyana. In 1977, this building was
purchased by the Canadian Government, some thirteen years after Canada first
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The Red House or Kamana Court was once the
official residence of the Colonial Secretaries and prior to
that was occupied and owned by Sir Eustace
Woolford, a former speaker of the legislature.
Dr. Cheddi Jagan lived there whilst
he was the Premier of British Guiana. The Red House may be described as a serviceable structure of good proportions
rather than as elegant. It is covered
with wooden shingles on all sides. It appropriately
houses The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre. |
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Austin House, formerly Kingston House is the residence
of the Archbishop of Guyana. This traditional
timber house with characteristics of
Victorian architecture was located much closer to the street.
However, it is rumored that the Bishop's nine children threw
objects at people passing thus, the house was moved westwards
to its present location.
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| Kingston Methodist Church was
opened in 1831 at Kingston as a branch of Trinity
in Werk en Rust.
The churches were established in consequence of the early efforts
of the first Methodists that arrived in the colony to educate the enslaved
Africans. |
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| The Inter American Development Bank is
an excellent example of the traditional architecture characterized
by the Demerara windows and Georgian six paned windows,
a testimony to the artistry of Guyanese builders.
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Colona House: the first
catholic hospital of the city was established
in 1945. The Catholic Central
committee purchased a private nursing home together
with the existing equipment from Dr. Romiti to be used as a hospital.
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The Round House is of 19th century origin. It was a lookout
point with guns commanding the entry to Port Georgetown.
The Bandstand is another
amenity that complements the surroundings of the area. It was erected
by public subscription in 1903 in memorial to Her Majesty Queen Victoria
who died in January 1901.
These are located along the Sea Wall, a curving 5 feet height wall of reinforced concrete which was built to prevent the
Atlantic Ocean from flooding the low lying coastal land on which Georgetown
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| British Military Cemetery was established circa1824 when Eve Leary was bought for 47,374 guilders ($18,949.60) and burial grounds were laid
out on this land. Subsequently new barracks were laid out on this land and
soon Eve Leary became a fashionable burial place.
It became a custom to allow the burial there of any person holding military
rank. Walter Rupert Durban, the son of one of Guyana's colonial Governors
is buried there. |
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Eve Leary Barracks, these were constructed circa 1825 at the
order of Governor Durban to house the military forces. It is
believed that the officers' quarters derived its name 'Eve Leary',
from a young European girl who committed suicide by throwing herself over
the eastern block.
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