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Old Government House, Road Town, Tortola. Government House, located in Road Town, Tortola, is the official residence of the governor of the British Virgin Islands. [1]The original structure, dating back to 1899, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1924.
His descendants made extensive renovations to the house in 1889–90, largely in order to entertain President Benjamin Harrison who had come to town to dedicate the new Bennington Battle Monument. The Park–McCullough Historic Governor's Mansion is an important example of an American country house in the Second Empire Style.
The building was constructed in 1964 as a replacement to the older Government House which was located in George Town (the older Government House burnt down in 1972). The current Government House was constructed specifically as an official residence for the Governors of the Cayman Islands.
The restaurant, which will also have a full bar once its liquor license is approved, has taken over the Old Town Square space vacated in January 2020 by Mimi’s Old Town Mexican Restaurant.
Administration of the island is generally carried out from Jamestown, notably at The Castle (historically the governor's residence which then became the "town" residence). An explanation for the location of the governor's official residence is the less arid climate and terrain found further inland, compared to in James Valley.
Old Town is the historic original town site of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, established in 1706 by New Mexico governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It is listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties as the Old Albuquerque Historic District , [ 1 ] and is protected by a ...
Crafted by Puck and Eric Klein, senior vice president of culinary for Wolfgang Puck Catering, the night will feature items from three menus: passed plates and trays, small plate stations, and sweets.
Historical marker ()The Snowden-Gray mansion is located on East Town Street in Downtown Columbus, close to Topiary Park. [1] The surrounding Town-Franklin neighborhood is considered the city's first suburb, first subdivided in the 1840s, with early fashionable residences constructed in the 1850s, and its lots filling in during the subsequent prosperous decades. [2]