Statia's oldest house, in capital Oranjestad

In its heyday, Oranjestad was one of the Caribbean’s most happening ports. These days it’s a laid-back settlement of just over a thousand souls, divided into an Upper Town and Lower Town and including a slew of 18th-century, classically Caribbean wooden houses, including the oldest, the Gezaghebber House, once home to the colony’s lieutenant governor. 

 

 Walter Hillebrand

 

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