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City Hall, Georgetown

Date of Submission: 15/11/1995
Criteria: (i)
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Guyana Commission for UNESCO
Coordinates: Georgetown , Guyana Long. 58°12'Lat. 6°50'
Ref.: 274
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Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

This building has been described as one of the finest examples of Gothic Architecture in the Caribbean.

Built 1887 - 1889, the building is a translation in wood (with cast-iron colums) of what is described as "fancy dress" Gothic, complete with a steeply pitched roof, spire, pinnacles and ornamental wrought iron crenellation.

Dimensions - 27.1m long, 17.4m wide, 29.3m high.