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Réf.

42626

Type

technical report

Titre

Standing Structures Report: Cupid’s Caye, Governor’s Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Langues

English

Auteurs

Chilton, Elizabeth / Brabec, Elizabeth A.

Maison d'édition

Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Date

08/2013

Pages

71 p.

Mots-clés

historic quarters / historic houses / architectural heritage / theory of town planning / cultural landscapes / cartography / ports / maritime heritage / islands / archaeological remains / photographs / local communities / community participation / colonial architecture / churches / public and civic architecture / inventories / urban fabric / documentation / architectural styles / building materials / climate change / disaster management / historic towns

Pays mentionnés

Bahamas

Monuments et sites

Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Résumé en anglais

This report outlines work conducted on the Island of Eleuthera by the Center for Heritage & Society (CHS): Elizabeth Brabec, Elizabeth Chilton, Pedro Miguel Soto and Whitney Battle-Baptiste, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as part of the Heritage Assessment Project in Eleuthera, the Bahamas. The goal of this project was to begin photographic documentation and mapping of the Cupid’s Cay standing structures, with general assessment of the state-of-preservation of the various structures, the potential for archaeological remains, and the connection to the intangible heritage of communities in Governor’s Harbour. Site information was gained through a series of visits to Governor’s Harbor and the island of Eleuthera in March, June, and November of 2011, and March 2012, with a full site inventory completed in March, 2013. For this overview report, the site visit team focused on a comprehensive photographic inventory, along with interviews to gain a preliminary overview of historic significance.
The historic structures of Cupid’s Cay in Governors Harbor are an ideal place to begin a systematic inventory and analysis of the island’s historic and cultural resources. Cupid’s Cay is occupied by significant public and vernacular structures covering the entire span of colonial Bahamian history, including the site of the first Bahamian Parliament in 1746 and the site of the first US Consulate General established in 1789. More than twenty other structures built on the Cay throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries provide a complete sequence of this community’s architectural heritage.

Document joint

Final_Standing_Structures_Report_8-12-13.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (BY-ND)