Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

HARBOUR STREET LOOKING WEST

The 18th Century brick building on the right, with elegant double-colonnaded portico is the old Kingston Court House later destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1907.

From a post card, circa 1890's.

 

The General Post Office, Kingston, Jamaica.

North-Eastern corner of Harbour Street and Duke Street in Kingston, Jamaica. Looking South on Duke Street towards the Kingston Harbour.

From a Photograph by Franklin D. Edmonds, c. 1900. Collection: Raymond Brandon.

Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
 
Looking East - 18th Century brick building on the right with elegant double-colonnaded portico, is the old Kingston Court House which was later destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1907.
 
From a Photograph by H. C. White, 1904. Collection: Raymond Brandon.
 

 
Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
 
Looking West -18th Century brick building on the right, with the elegant double-colonnaded portico, is the old Kingston Court House which was later destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1907.
 
From a Photograph by P. Schiller, 1903. Collection: Raymond Brandon.
 



The General Post Office, North-East Corner of Harbour Street and Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica. 



East on Harbour Street, reveals extensive damage caused by the Great Earthquake of 1907, which occurred at exactly 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon of Monday, 14th January, 1907.
 
From a photograph taken shortly after the Earthquake in January, 1907.
Collection: Raymond Brandon.
 



The Kingston Post Office and Town Hall after 1907 Earthquake