Courthouse

Negril & West Coast


The most interesting building in town is the Sav courthouse, built in 1925, where there’s a fountain made of cast iron inscribed with the words, ‘Keep the pavements dry.’ There doesn’t seem to be any deeper meaning to this highly literal commandment.


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