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“...Royal Bank of Canada is obliquely opposite the Post
Office. The Office of the Pacific Cable Board is in St.
Louis Street, and that of the West India and Panama
Telegraph Company’s is at the comer of High and
Bridge Streets.
The Roman Catholic Church in the middle of the town
is worth inspection. It faces Columbus Square—a grass
plot of over three acres in extent, surrounded by broad
walks and shaded by trees, which was formerly the Place
d’Armes. The church is constmcted of stone and iron in
pseudo-Romanesque style and can seat 3,000 people.
The Carnegie Library, opened in 1924, is also in Columbus
Square. The architect was Father Ignatius Scoles, a
priest from Demerara, who is said to have been a pupil
of Pugin. The Anglican Church, dedicated to the Holy
Trinity, stands at the north comer of the town adjoining
the Botanical Gardens, which deserve a visit. It was
built in 1832 and consecrated by Bishop Parry in 1834.
The chancel was added in 1895. The Protestant faith...”
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