Location: Thomas Lands, GeorgetownClassification: EducationalPeriod/ Year Built: Established 1844 Historical Background / Description:Queen’s College, one of Guyana’s leading secondary educational institutions, is located at the corner of Thomas and Camp Streets, Thomas Lands, Georgetown. The institution was established on August 5, 1844, by Bishop William Piercy Austin to provide education to the children of white …
Location: Eve Leary, Georgetown Classification: Community Period/ Year Built: 19th century Historical Background / Description: Eve Leary Barracks is one of many police barracks to have existed in the City of Georgetown, but the only one to defy the test of time. It is located at the corner of Barrack and Camp Streets. The barracks …
Location: Kitty, Georgetown Classification: Commemorative Monument Period/ Year Built: 1986 Historical Background / Description: Burnham’s Bust is located at the junction of Kitty Public Road and Vlissengen Road. It was unveiled by Dr. Ptolemy Alexander Reid on October 5, 1986, in memory of President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. The monument which was sculpted by Mr. …
Location: Thomas Lands, GeorgetownClassification: MilitaryPeriod/ Year Built: 20th century Historical Background / Description:These military bunkers are four in total, two of which are located on Camp Street and Seawall Road and the remaining two, are on Carifesta Avenue, Thomas Lands. They were used for storage by British Guiana’s colonial military in the early 20th century.
Location: Kingston, Georgetown Classification: Residential Period/ Year Built: 1969 Historical Background / Description: Pegasus Hotel is located on a portion of the area previously known as the ‘King’s Ground’, in Kingston Georgetown. The hotel which was originally nine-storeys, was officially opened on November 1, 1969, as Guyana’s first international hotel by then Prime Minister of …
Location: Kingston, GeorgetownClassification: Diplomatic MissionPeriod/ Year Built: Late 1920s Historical Background / Description:The Canadian High Commission is located on High, Young and Duke Streets, Kingston Georgetown. The earliest documented owner of the Lots 61-62 High and Young Streets portion of the property was Mr. M.P Camacho and the building is said to been built in …
Location: North Cummingsburg, Georgetown Classification: Governmental Period/ Year Built: Mid-19th century Historical Background / Description: The Prime Minister’s Residence is a mid-19th century colonial building located at Lot 52-53 Main Street, Cummingsburg, Georgetown. The building was built to accommodate Mr. Sandbach of Sandbach Parker and Company. In 1911, the building was sold to the business …
Location: Cummingsburg, Georgetown Classification: Governmental Period/ Year Built: 19th century Historical Background / Description: The National Trust of Guyana is located on Carmichael Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown. This three-storey timber building is a 19th century colonial structure that was part of the former Governor House, now State House, complex believed to have housed the offices …
Location: North Cummingsburg, Georgetown Classification: Governmental Period/ Year Built: Late 19th -early 20th century Historical Background / Description: The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is located on Main Street, Cummingsburg, Georgetown. The museum is housed in a late 19th – early 20th century, three-storey colonial timber structure designed by British Guiana architect, Mr. John Bradshaw …
Location: North Cummingsburg, Georgetown Classification: Civil Landscape Period/ Year Built: 1853 Historical Background / Description: The Promenade Gardens is located between Waterloo and Carmichael Streets (on the east and west, respectively) Cummingsburg, Georgetown and is bordered by New Market Street on the north and Middle Street on the south. Established and opened to the general …
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