Mission House, Bodden Town
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| Location: | 19°16’24"N, 81°15’18"W |
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| Website: | Mission House |
The Mission House in Bodden Town on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands is a historic house preserved by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands.
The house itself is a traditional Caymanian two-storey home. In the 1800s it became known as the "Mission House" to early missionaries, teachers and families who lived and contributed to establishing the Presbyterian ministry and school in Bodden Town. Just three families are known to have owned the home, of whom the Watler family lived there for 77 years.
The house now stands as a museum to the way of life enjoyed in past days; the living room, dining room, bath and bedroom are furnished and within are the actual items owned and used in the house by the Watler family, and there are artefacts form the wider history of the house and its site.
The wider site is of interest too, as the house was built in an area of dry and wetland frequented by a variety of local wildlife. This site is known to have been utilised by early settlers for its abundant waterfowl and supply of water in the 1700 as is evidenced in oral history accounts and some of the shards of glass and ceramics found on site and now displayed in the Mission House.
There is also a gift shop on site.