The Globe Hotel

Recently my friend, Michelle, and I visited the Globe Hotel, also known as the Bermuda National Trust Museum. The Globe Hotel has seen 300 years of history in its location in St. George's, across the street from St. Peter's Church. In the late 1600s, the area where the building now stands was called "Governor's Garden," and contained a cabin for 24 slaves, kitchen buildings, milkhouses, a buttery and a cornhouse. Governor Day arrived from England in 1698 and began contruction of a residence in 1699. This was supposed to be the Governor's residence since it was built with government funds, but after his term in office, Day claimed the house for his own. Day died in prison on Castle Island in 1703.

The house that Governor Day built contains four fireplaces, eight rooms, and is framed with large Bermuda cedar beams from trees at Tucker's Town.

Early in the 1800s, the structure became the Globe Hotel. During the American Civil War, however, the house served as an office for an agent of the Confederancy who managed the movement of European goods through the Union blockage to the Southern states. Bermuda was a keen supporter of the Confederancy during this time.