Dear Editor,
I read the article "UTech opens Western Campus HQ at historic Baptist Manse" in yesterday's (August 15) edition and wish to make the following addition.
Renovation/preservation of the property began in the 1990s, nearly 10 years before your story alleges. It was undertaken by the William Knibb Trust, jointly formed by the Jamaica Baptist Union and the Hart family of Montego Bay. This was the source of the initial funds to do the preservation work.
I served as secretary of the Trust from its inception until the end of 2005. Falmouth Heritage Renewal, to which the property was sub-leased, came on the scene long after much of the preservation work was complete. What they did was to configure the interior to fulfil their purposes of both housing and training students in the preservation of historic buildings and structures.
I hope this further educates your readers.
Eron Henry
eronhenry@yahoo.com
Baptist Manse was already on the mend
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I read the article "UTech opens Western Campus HQ at historic Baptist Manse" in yesterday's (August 15) edition and wish to make the following addition.
Renovation/preservation of the property began in the 1990s, nearly 10 years before your story alleges. It was undertaken by the William Knibb Trust, jointly formed by the Jamaica Baptist Union and the Hart family of Montego Bay. This was the source of the initial funds to do the preservation work.
I served as secretary of the Trust from its inception until the end of 2005. Falmouth Heritage Renewal, to which the property was sub-leased, came on the scene long after much of the preservation work was complete. What they did was to configure the interior to fulfil their purposes of both housing and training students in the preservation of historic buildings and structures.
I hope this further educates your readers.
Eron Henry
eronhenry@yahoo.com
Baptist Manse was already on the mend
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