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The Red House today is the second Government building to be known by this name since the newly-constructed government offices were built on the same site and given the same name. The name Brunswick Square was changed to Woodford Square during World War I in 1914-1918.
The Red House is the seat of Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago. The architectural design of the Red House is of Beaux-Arts style. The original building was destroyed in the 1903 Water Riots and was rebuilt in 1907. The Red House is located centrally within the capital city Port of Spain.
The House of Representatives is the elected House in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
La Casa Roja 1 (en inglés: The Red House) es la sede del Parlamento de la República de Trinidad y Tobago. El diseño arquitectónico de la Casa Roja es de estilo Beaux-Arts. El edificio original fue destruido en los disturbios de agua de 1903 y fue reconstruido en el año 1907.
In 1897, as Trinidad was preparing to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the buildings were given a coat of red paint, and the public promptly referred to them thereafter as the Red House.
This improved structure, now forming a single building, was painted red in 1897 for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, since when the Government Buildings have been popularly known as “the Red House”.
The Red House, the country’s cherished seat of parliament, stands proudly in the capital as a symbol of democracy, having been ground-zero to several watershed events over the years. The building has weathered riots, fire, insurrection and two restorations.
