The Doric Hotel, Camperdown Great House, 119 Constant Spring Road, Half Way Tree.

• The original Great House was built in the Late 18th or Early 19th Century.
• Camperdown Pen was owned by Charles Cubbison (1811), Dr. John Gordon (1812-1832) and Joseph Gordon (father of George William Gordon).
• In 1840, Camperdown Pen was owned by John M. Smith and the Great House stood in the middle of a 120 acre country estate, surrounded by pastures and parkland.
• Later owners included the Archambeau, Desnoes and Lemercier-Duquesnay families.
• For one year, in 1886, it housed the Jamaica Teacher's Training College.
• The Great House was damaged by the Great Earthquake of 1907 and restored in 1908.
• It then became the home of the Farquharson family.
• In March 1928, Mrs. E. Hendry leaves The Doric Hotel in Kingston amd moves to running the Camperdown Great House, which she names The Doric Hotel. She keeps the phone number.
• In December 1929, Miss M.D.B. Mair begins running the hotel.
• In March 1930, the property the hotel is on is transferred. See clipping.
• In March 1931, Mrs. Ermine Hendry dies.
• On November 3, 1932, a burglarly takes place. Many clippings on this.
• On August 27, 1940, Miss Mair was attacked as thieves entered the hotel
• In May 1948, Mr. and Mrs. William Beaney became the owners of the Doric Hotel.
• In August 1948, the hotel changed hands again. New owner is Mr. Harold Nelson. Sale price £9,000. He and his wife will operate the hotel especially for the younger set. Already possessed of badminton and tennis courts, the grounds will be redesigned to take in other outdoor games.
• In 1949-1951, the hotel runs ads for permanent residents and for visitors. With great variety.
• In February 1952, the hotel is for sale by auction. It did not sell.
• In April 1952, it is listed for sale at £8,000. or reasonable near offer.
• Ads for rooms periodically continue.
• In November 1952, the hotel is for sale as a going concern. Standing on approximately two acres.
• In May 1953, the hotel is listed again for sale by auction. But then the aution is postponed.
• In 1953, the hotel was sold to the Anglican Church.
• In January 1954, The Queen's School, a private school for girls named in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose coronation had been the previous year, opened. After buying the hotel, they discovered that the acreage was so small as to prevent the construction of games fields, necessary in a boys' school.
• The Great House was destroyed by a fire in 1968. It was replaced by the school's Administration Building.