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- ↑ "Who We Are". National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ↑ "National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago". Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- 1 2 Surtees, Joshua (February 16, 2015). "Trinidad's forgotten architectural gems". The Guardian. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
