St Peter’s Anglican Church

Montego Bay & Northwest Coast


The oldest extant building in town (and the parish's oldest church) is St Peter’s Anglican Church, built in 1796 and topped with a tower in 1842. It lies five blocks west of Market St, along Duke St.


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