The Municipal Market, New Amsterdam

The original New Amsterdam started as a small village surrounding Fort Nassau in about 1733. The governing power at the time was the Dutch and many of the settlers were from Amsterdam, Holland. In about 1784 the village moved to the location at the Berbice and Canje Rivers and was officially made a town and the seat of government for Berbice. One of the main reasons for the move was to easily access the wealth of the land and to facilitate shipping along the waterways. During the period 1838 to 1844 a number of facilities (such as the Town Hall, the Supreme Court, Churches and Schools, Water and Electricity, and Gardens) were built to service the town. Also built was the Municipal Market of New Amsterdam. In 1891 the town became a Municipality. The image below shows the Municipal Market in 1924 at which time New Amsterdam was under the control of the British.

 

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