There are so many incredible photos of this amazing old building. I wanted to provide a few more detailing Alliance's sad deterioration since the Shields family sold the plantation to the Suriname government in the November, 1953.
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The plantation house in 1962, less than a decade after the Shields family sold it. It still has beauty, but the windows are showing their age and the shrubs need pruning and care.
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| By 1970, the gates at the top of the stairs are sagging and the paint is peeling. |
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| Side of house 2004--heartbreaking to see deterioration |
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| Tourists on the side of the house in 2004 |
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2004--the metal roof is rusting and the paint is in worse shape.
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| Plantation office on second floor of the Alliance house in 2004 |
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| Around 2010, from further away. |
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| Alliance from another angle, more recently |
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| Aging but still shows strength and style. |
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