Pedro St. James Castle

Using slave labour, Eden styled the home as a small scale great house of the kind then found on plantations in Jamaica.

On 3 May 1835, the proclamation ending slavery in the British Empire (including the Cayman Islands) was read atop the iconic stone staircase of the great house.

In 1991 the Cayman Islands government purchased Pedro St. James with the aim of preserving and restoring it to its 18th-century grandeur as a national historic site.

The three-story building and its verandas were rebuilt and reconstructed in the original 18th-century style and is the most extensive restoration project in Cayman history.

The property stands today in its restored state as a historic landmark and a dynamic piece of Caymanian history and heritage.