View of the former court house and the façade of the King's House in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica

Permanent Link:

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031104/00001

Material Information

Title:

View of the former court house and the façade of the King's House in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica

Uniform Title:

The Bryant Slides Collection
The Bryant Slides Collection, Jamaica

Creator:

Unknown ( Photographer )
Delancy, James, active 18th century-19th century (Builder) Craskell, Thomas (Engineer) ( Engineer )

Publication Date:

March, 1959

Physical Description:

35 mm

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Historic sites -- Jamaica -- Spanish Town -- 1950-1960
Courthouses -- Jamaica -- 1810-1820
Governors -- Dwellings -- Jamaica -- Spanish Town -- 1760-1770
Spanish Town (Jamaica) -- Social life and customs

Genre:

Transparencies

Spatial Coverage:

Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Spanish Town, Saint Catherine

Notes

General Note:

The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.

General Note:

View of the former court house and the façade of the King's House in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. On the left is the former court house, which was constructed in 1819 by James Delancy, on the site of a Spanish chapel and cemetery. In 1986, the court house was destroyed by fire. On the right is old King's House, or governor's mansion, completed in 1762. Thomas Craskell, the Island Engineer, was responsible for preparing the King's House building plans. The mansion was destroyed during a fire in 1925 and now houses the Jamaican People's Museum of Crafts and Technology. In the center of the image are buildings on King's Street. In the image are children playing on the side walk and people resting in the shade of the King's House facade. Slide labeled Spanish Town.

Record Information

Source Institution:

University of Central Florida Libraries

Holding Location:

University of Central Florida

Rights Management:

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816 phone (407) 823-2576, email: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu

Resource Identifier:

CFM1972_01a ( Sheet 67: 18 )

UFDC Membership

Aggregations:

Digital Library of the Caribbean
University of Central Florida
UCF: Digital Library of the Caribbean