| Red House | |
| Map Type: | Guyana |
| Location Town: | Highstreet, Kingston, Georgetown |
| Location Country: |  Guyana |
| Material: | Wood |
Red House (also: Kamana Court) located in Kingston, Georgetown, was the official residence of the Colonial Secretary and later the Premier of British Guiana.[1] As of 22 March 2000,[2] it houses the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre.[1]
The Red House is a wooden colonial building from the 19th century.[1] [3] In the early 20th century, the building was owned by Eustace Woolford, a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. In 1925, the building was acquired by the government of British Guiana to serve as official residence of the Colonial Secretary.[4]
In 1961, the Red House became the official residence for Cheddi Jagan, the first Premier of British Guiana.[1] Forbes Burnham was elected in 1964 and changed the official residence to Castellani House.[4] From 1964 onwards, the Red House was used by various governmental agencies. In 1972, the Non-Aligned Conference was held in Georgetown, and the Red House was renamed Kamana Court.[1] The building was declared a national monument of Guyana.[5]
On 22 March 2000, the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre, a centre dedicated to the life and work of Cheddi Jagan, opened in the Red House. The centre is operated by friends and family of Jagan[2] who had signed a 99-year lease on the building.[6] On 29 December 2016, the lease was revoked by President David A. Granger who had planned to move the National Trust of Guyana into the building.[3] The centre took the matter to the courts who ruled on 16 August 2020 that Granger's revocation was illegal and unlawful, and that the centre could retain the lease.[6]