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The Bank of Guyana houses the Guyana Central Bank and the Secretariat of the Caribbean Commonwealth Community.
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 Burns Memorial Guyana Presbyterian Church is the main building of what was originally the Canadian Presbyterian Church in Guyana, which was established in 1885 to serve the Indian immigrants
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Castellani House (home of the National Art Gallery), this large wooden building was designed by Cesar Castellani. It was once the residence of the Director of Agriculture in 1888.
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 The Hand in Hand Life and Fire Insurance Company is a low building decorated with cast iron arches and railings is reminiscent of the architecture
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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
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 The Lighthouse is approximately a quarter mile from the port of Georgetown, the mouth of the Demerara River. The foundation stone of the present building was laid in 1830
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The National Library, previously the Public Free Library, was built in 1909. Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish born American industrialist and philanthropist provided financing for the construction and furnishing of the building.
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The Prime Minister's Residence is a good example of the mid-nineteenth century wooden architecture, with its Italian influence; characterized by the square cupola at the top (a status symbol) and the portico below it.
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The Red House was acquired in 1925 by the Colony of British Guiana and was owned by Sir Eustace Woolford, a Speaker of the Legislature. Dr. Cheddi Jagan also lived there from 1961 to 1964 while he served as Premier of British Guiana.
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The Young Men's Christian Association, one of the longest associations in Guyana, was founded in the early 1900's
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 Bourda Market, originally built in 1880, was soon reconstructed in 1902 to accommodate a growing number of vendors and consumers of this ward of the city. Today, this market is the focal point for
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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
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 The Guyana & Trinidad Mutual Fire Insurance Company Ltd. was built in 1894, and was originally owned by the British Guiana Mutual Fire Insurance Co. This L-shaped building with its combination of concrete walls, colonnades and wrought iron
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 The Immigration Agent General Office housed from 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.
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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
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 The Ministry of Agriculture is housed in this elegant wooden building with its distinctive architectural features,
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The Parliament Building, designed by Joseph Hadfield, was built on a foundation of greenheart logs. In 1829, the foundation stone was laid and in April 1834 the structure, stuccoed to resemble stone blocks, was completed. It is an excellent example of 19th century Renaissance architecture
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The Queenstown Moravian Church was built largely through the initiative of Rev. John Dingwall, after the decision was made in 1891
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The Umana Yana is a 55-foot benab that was constructed by the Amerindians of the Wai Wai tribe. It was originally constructed to host the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference that was held in Georgetown in 1972.
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