Foremost among the historic structures worth checking out is the yellow-brick Parish Church of St John the Evangelist , built in 1837. From the outside it’s a bright, mustard-colored supermarket. The wind-pocked interior is graced by wooden porticoes and a stately balcony, while the graves around the back cemetery date from the 17th century. Two blocks west are the porticoed courthouse and the town hall , with lofty pillars, and beyond that a simple Roman Catholic church , a rare denomination in Jamaica.
Two of the most impressive buildings are both hotels. The 1894 Invercauld Great House & Hotel and the Waterloo Guest House , both west on Main St, are splendid examples of the Jamaican vernacular style; with their shady wooden verandas and gingerbread trim they look like the sort of place where you should don a safari hat and demand a sherry in an imperious voice.
