ShareThisThe Folly Ruins: Port Antonio Attractions & Sightseeing, Jamaica
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The Folly is the ruin of a mansion built unwisely in 1905 from concrete and seawater which decayed in the Thirties when the sea salt began to eat away at its foundations.
The Folly Mansion was built in 1905 by a retired mining engineer, Alfred Mitchell, for himself and his wife, the Tiffany heiress, Annie Tiffany. The Mansion was a grand structure in its heyday, styled on a Roman Villa with 60 rooms spread over 2 floors.
Folly Ruins, Port Antonio The mansion was equipped with all sorts of modern conveniences for it's day, including a wind–powered generator which pumped seawater in to an indoor swimming pool, its own power station and independent water reservoir. The Mitchell's kept all sorts of animals at their property, including peacocks and monkeys. The monkeys were bought to Jamaica by Mitchell's son–in–law, the explorer Hirman Bingham who was married to Mitchell's daughter, Alfreda. The monkeys were soon given the free–run of the nearby island which has subsequently been renamed Monkey Island.
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