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Edward J. Roye Building

Edward J. Roye Building, High-rise building on Ashmun Street, Monrovia, Liberia.

The Edward J. Roye Building is a wrecked high-rise on Ashmun Street in Monrovia's commercial district, designed by Liberian architect Winston Richards and completed in 1965 as the True Whig Party headquarters. It was named after Liberia's fifth president, Edward James Roye, in 1964 by President William Tubman. The building once held a grand auditorium and now stands as a ruin near the former offices of the American Colonization Society.

Named the E.J. Roye Memorial Building in 1964 by President William Tubman after Liberia's fifth president, it was designed by architect Winston Richards as True Whig Party headquarters and completed in 1965. Before the 1980 coup it hosted sessions of the Legislature in 1975 and the Liberian Federation of Trade Unions convention in 1977. The General Services Agency appropriated it in 2011 and closed it for construction in late 2013; the ECOWAS Court upheld the government in November 2023.

The building carries the name of Edward James Roye, Liberia's fifth president, given in 1964 by President William Tubman. Its auditorium hosted the Liberian Federation of Trade Unions convention in 1977, and the Legislature met there in 1975. The rump True Whig Party still contests ownership, suing after the General Services Agency took over the property in 2011.

The building was closed for construction in late 2013 and remains a ruin, so the interior is not open to visitors; the structure is best seen from Ashmun Street. It stands near the Gabriel Tucker Bridge over the Mesurado River, in the pre-coup commercial district.

The building stands near the Gabriel Tucker Bridge over the Mesurado River, in the pre-coup commercial district. Nearby were the former offices of the American Colonization Society, the body behind the settlement of freed African Americans in the early 19th century.

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