Devon House Chronology


	1667		Charles 11 granted the glebe lands, including Devon Penn, to Rev. Mr. John Zellers.

	1750		Devon Penn Rectory built

	1787		Extensive repairs made to Devon Penn Rectory

	1782-1878		The Campbell families occupied Devon Penn Rectory except for a period of twenty-four years.

	1879		‘The lay body of the church’ sold Devon Penn to George Stiebel.

	1881		George Stiebel built Devon House.

	1896		George Stiebel died. His daughter Theresa Stiebel Jackson owned Devon House.

	1922		Theresa Stiebel Jackson died.

	1923		Reginald Melhado bought Devon House.

	1928		Cecil Lindo bought Devon House for his wife Agnes Irene.

	1967		The National Trust bought Devon House. Restoration by Tom Concannon started.

	1968		The Hon. Edward Seaga opened the Grog Shoppe.

	1973		The Prime Minister, the Hon. Michael Manley made Devon House the National Gallery.

	1980		The Prime Minister, the Hon. Edward Seaga had Devon House furnished on the lines of a nineteenth century great house.

	1983		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Devon House.

	1990		Devon House is named winner of the American Express Historic Preservation Award Devon House is declared a national monument by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust

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