The Governor's Residence
However, its ominous appearance is somewhat muted
by the lush garden directly behind it. This shows that despite the 15 foot
high stone walls and large stone bastions, this was a fort concerned with
trade and governing rather than any real military aspirations. It should
be noted that the walls surrounding the north half of the fort (the expanded
part) was only made of wood.
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you journey to the present site of the North Gate, you will notice a large
billboard with a painting of a building on it. It is the Governor's residence
that is portrayed and this is what it looked like about 115 years ago.
The
photograph (circa 1878) has been taken looking through the North Gate.
The Governor's Residence appears to have been a magnificent building bordered
by trees and a large oval garden. Notice that a cannon points threateningly
through the North Gate.
