“New Horizons for all the
citizens of South Eleuthera
and empowerment for our
young people”
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In the early nineteenth century Rock Sound was visited by Methodist Missionaries who built a large house (Manse) on the Sound in the centre of the settlement; this to be the focus for their teachings and mentoring for the inhabitants of South Eleuthera. In the major hurricane of 1866 it went on record as the forerunner of today’s hurricane shelters when it housed a number of Rock Sound families whose homes were subsequently destroyed in the storm. By the 1940s however it had lost its pre-eminence as a missionary platform, and under the philanthropic hand of Arthur Vining Davis, the highly acclaimed US businessman who had major local investments, it was converted into a Medical Clinic for the South Eleutherans. In 2003 the Government closed it down as a medical centre to make way for a new clinic and it was returned to the people of Rock Sound for their local use.
Fittingly it was agreed that the Building should continue to play its holistic roles in the community. In detail it would be restored to its original nineteenth century architecture to provide the suitable encasement for a museum and library: and refurbished to house computer facilities and facilitate modern day learning and vocational skills training for the peoples, especially the youth of South Eleuthera. |
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