Edward J. Roye Building

The Edward J. Roye Building is a wrecked skyscraper on Ashmun Street in the commercial district of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia.

as the headquarters of the True Whig Party,[1] it was renamed the "E.J.

In the building's earlier years, it included a grand auditorium,[2] and before the 1980 coup d'état, it hosted government meetings such as sessions of the Legislature in 1975,[3] as well as non-governmental conventions such as the Liberian Federation of Trade Unions in 1977.

[4] It sits in the heart of the city's pre-coup commercial district, near locations such as the former offices of the American Colonization Society.

The action provoked anger among the leaders of the rump TWP, who considered their party still to be the owners of the building and filed suit to have themselves declared the rightful owners and to have government officials enjoined from further possession of or construction at the property.

Inauguration of President Tolbert, 1976; the Roye Building is the skyscraper in the background
E.J. Roye tower has sat vacant for years.
Damaged stained glass window above the building's entrance.
One of several panels by Liberian sculptor Vahnjah Richards.