The Museum of Nevis History is situated in a handsome Caribbean Georgian stone building near the water at the north end of Charlestown, the capital of Nevis. The museum is administered by the Nevis...

The great American statesman Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1757, and grew up on the island until the age of eight, when his mother moved to St. Croix. The Alexander...

The Horatio Nelson Museum is a surprisingly rich museum of Nelson memorabilia; in fact this collection is considered to be the best in the New World. The museum recently celebrated the 200th...

Montravers Estate was one Nevis plantation that produced sugar for export for 300 years; the buildings of the estate are on the mountainside, directly above Pinney's Beach. Montravers is the one of...

This small Caribbean church (aka St. John's Figtree Church) is perhaps best known for its church register, in which is recorded the marriage of Horatio Nelson to Frances Nisbet, as follows: "1787...

Fort Charles had an important role in the history of Nevis. The fort was constructed by the British on a small promontory south of Charlestown, the capital. The purpose was to protect Charlestown...

  Montpelier House, Nevis, was where Horatio Nelson and Frances Nisbet celebrated their marriage, on March 11th 1787. Unfortunately the great plantation house itself no longer stands, and currently...

You can't help noticing Gingerland Methodist Church as you drive on the main road through St. George Gingerland parish; right beside the road you will see a very large, impressive, rather handsome...

New River Estate is on the Atlantic or eastern side of Nevis (the Caribbean is the western side of the island.) This estate was still processing sugar commercially until 1958, when it finally closed...

The ruins of Cottle Church are off the main road at Round Hill Estate, in the woods, in the northern part of the island of Nevis, not far from the airport. This very small church or chapel, also known

Eva Wilkin was a very accomplished Caribbean artist, whose work has become quite valuable. Although trained in England, she lived on Nevis for 50 years, and in addition to her paintings, she created...

Memorial Square is the larger, and grander, of the two squares that form the center of Charlestown, the capital of Nevis, Eastern Caribbean. The Square very much still has the elegant feeling it must...

The Courthouse in Charlestown is an impressive, large, cut-stone building originally dating from 1825. The structure was partially rebuilt in 1875 after a fire, and the clocktower was added on in the...

Methodist missionaries first came to Nevis in the 1820's, preaching racial tolerance, and left four years later.  They quickly returned and are now the largest recognised religion on the island.  The...

  During the 17th century, a group of Sephardic Jews who had previously been living for a while in Brazil, came north to Nevis, where they taught the British settlers the difficult, but...