History, Jamaica

Greenwood Great House

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City: St. James

On a 45-minute tour of the property, experience the ambiance of the Victorian era as a guide cranks up an antique phonograph that entertained the house’s elite residents and guests as they waltzed in the grand ballroom. Decorated with Jamaican antiques, the mansion holds the largest and rarest assortment of musical instruments and plantation library books on the island.

Original owner Richard Barrett was an important figure in Jamaica, becoming Speaker of the House of Assembly, Custos of St. James Parish, and a judge. Often cited as the most original of Jamaica’s great houses, Greenwood is unique because both the house and its antique furnishings survived unscathed during the slave rebellion of Christmas 1831.

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