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ID: 700009306
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009306
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2 3
Giddy House (arsenal (building); N/A; built in 1888; damaged by eart...; Port Royal (Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica, North and Central Ame...)
Note: Originally was the Royal Artillery Store, housing weapons and gunpowder for Victoria and Albert Battery. Earthquake in 1907 caused the foundation to sink to its present 45 degree angle.
Titles:
Giddy House (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Royal Artillery House (H,U,undetermined,U,U)
Roy. Art. Store (H,U,IN,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
arsenal (building) [300000448] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, military buildings, <military deployment and distribution buildings>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: built in 1888; damaged by earthquake 1907

Creator Display:
N/A [preferred]
unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
Locations:
Current: Port Royal [7006662] Kingston (parish (political)), Surrey (county), Jamaica (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 17.9341°N 76.8424°W
Display Materials: brick
brick (clay material) [300010463]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Events:
damage: by earthquake 1907

Cultures:
Jamaican (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

Inscriptions: Over door: ROY: ART. STORE / V. R / 1888
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Giddy House........ [VP]
........ Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) http://jclunis.wixsite.com/culturaljamaica/work-record, Juliane Clunis; accessed 6 November 2017
........ Port Royal [online] (2000-)
Royal Artillery House........ [VP]
........ Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) http://jclunis.wixsite.com/culturaljamaica/work-record, Juliane Clunis; accessed 6 November 2017
........ Port Royal [online] (2000-)
Roy. Art. Store........ [VP]
........ Port Royal [online] (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) http://jclunis.wixsite.com/culturaljamaica/work-record, Juliane Clunis; accessed 6 November 2017
..... Port Royal [online] (2000-)
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