Clarendon Heritage Sites

Welcome to the JNHT Clarendon Heritage Sites.

• Chapelton Clock Tower - The Chapelton Clock Tower and War Memorial is the only structure of its kind in the town of Chapelton.
• St. Peter's Church (Alley) - one of the oldest Churches in the island. It was founded in 1671
• May Pen Clock Tower - The May Pen Clock Tower is made of stone.
• Halse Hall Great House - When the English captured Jamaica in 1655, it was the custom to give officers
• Portland Point Lighthouse - has the highest tower in the Island, standing at a height of 145 feet.
• Milk River Spa - another of Jamaica's great spas.
• Claude McKay's Birthplace - Birth place of internationally acclaimed writer and poet, born in the year 1889
• Four Paths Railway Station - is a two-storey concrete building.
• Suttons Railway Station - is a Jamaica/Georgian timber house set on a stone base.

SHOWCASE FORTS Ever since the capture of Jamaica by the English from the Spanish in 1655, the need for fortification became immediate because of the...

SHOWCASE COURTHOUSES The Morant Bay Courthouse, which was destroyed by fire on Monday, February 19, 2007, is an important part of St. Thomas's history.

SHOWCASE HISTORIC SCHOOLS Built in 1885 of masonry and timber, the Simms building exhibits a combination of Gothic and Georgian features; the projecting...

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