The Bahamas Country Club was originally established in 1925 by the Munson Steamship Line. In March 1928 it hosted The Nassau Bahamas Open; a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. In 1935, Sir Harry Oakes, one of the richest baronets in the British Empire, moved to the Bahamas for…
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Bahamas Philately: The British Colonial Hotel
The British Colonial Hotel sits on the site of old Fort of Nassau which was demolished in 1873. In 1900, the land was purchased by Henry M. Flagler. He built an enormous wooden hotel on the site, the Colonial Hotel, which opened in 1901. However, the hotel was gutted by…
View More Bahamas Philately: The British Colonial HotelBahamas Philately: Methodist Church (Bimini)
The first Methodist ministers came to Bimini in 1858. A leader from Spanish Wells, Clem Pinder and a local preacher from Nassau made the trip. By 1862 the congregation numbered 20 and the first Wesley Methodist church building was completed. In 1926, a hurricane destroyed the original church building but…
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The Water Tower is located on Bennet’s Hill, Nassau – the same hill as Fort Fincastle. The Water Tower was built in 1928 of reinforced concrete to hold water for the island. It’s said that the tower was built using funds donated by the United States as repayment for Nassau’s…
View More Bahamas Philately: Water TowerBahamas Philately: Seventh-Day Adventist Church (San Salvador Island)
In 1919, an Evangelist and Bible Worker named Sister Somelliann, a Native of Crooked Island, visited the island of San Salvador. It was from this humble beginning that the Cockburn Town Seventh-day Adventist church was formed and an edifice build on Ward and 1st Street, Cockburn Town. Postcards 1977 –…
View More Bahamas Philately: Seventh-Day Adventist Church (San Salvador Island)Bahamas Philately: Trinity Methodist Church (Nassau)
Early records show that in 1796 a Methodist Chapel was built in the Western District of Nassau by a band of slaves under the leadership of a man named Joseph Paul. In the year 1814 a large house was adapted to make the original Methodist Chapel, seating 500 persons. This…
View More Bahamas Philately: Trinity Methodist Church (Nassau)Bahamas Philately: Gregory Arch
This stone arch was named after Governor John Gregory (1849-1854), who served around 1850, and it was opened to the public on January 19, 1852. The arch, at the intersection of Market and Duke Streets, divides downtown Nassau from the rest of the island and is a street overpass to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Gregory ArchBahamas Philately: Fort Fincastle
Fort Fincastle is a fort located in the city of Nassau. The fort was built in 1789 by Lord Dunmore to protect Nassau from pirates and completed in 1793. Lord Dunmore named the fort after his second title, Viscount Fincastle. This Fort was constructed of cut limestone and strategically placed…
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