1 Old Residency Calabar. The house together with its compound was declared monument on the 14th August 1959.The ground floor was used as a divisional office during the colonial era. The first floor is a rest room or house and it is furnished with furniture and fittings. It becomes visually an historic house museum. 2 Rebeh’s house. Fort Diwa, Borno State. This house and the compound thereof were declared monuments on the 13th April 1959. The house was the resident of Rebeh a general who came from Sudan and made himself a ruler of Borno Kokuwa, he established his headquarter at Diwa where a great fort was built and he remains there till the year 1900. The French troupe ousted and killed him at Guja also in Borno State. 3 Rock Painting at dutsen damisa near Gumen in Jigawa State. This was declared a site on the 23rd March 1959 together with an area within the radius of 182 meters as a result of the discovery at geshi where further groups of rock paintings were reported. The paintings are about 8 kilometers from the Geshi and consist of merely cattle figures. They were in a better state preservation than those of the Geshi. Though not of high standard artistically. 4 Obu’s house, Ohafia Abia State- Ndi Anaga meeting house. It was declared monument on the 19th March 1953. The structure is very simple with large verandah closed with earthen walls at both ends and one long longitudinal line with the other side opening towards the compound. The monumentality of the building is due to the magnificent effect of created by free rolls of richly carved post supporting the rolls and dividing the interior into three narrow aisle or passage. The pillars are carved with representation of warriors; masquerade and women carrying loads combine with geometrical or stylized botanical pattern. 5 Chief Okoroji’s house. Arochukwu Abia State. This was declared monument on the 19th March 1953. Very few Aro building survived the last century but the parts that remains represent a highly developed construction skills. They have beautiful found aisles or passages at the front of the house and the interior posse’s highly successful architectural details and decorations. Chief Okoroji who built the house was probably at the height of his prosperity in 1880 but die before the Aro expedition. The plan of the house is simply an inner room, an outer verandah and the most striking features are its height. It was built on the plinth which makes it a very tall building giving the building length of the room from front of the house. The house have an interior verandah, it has low carved timber mound benches. A pair of large chain hangs on the ceiling and rafter is ornamental with rolls of animals’ skull. The inner even has an interesting dome at most dark pitch{darkness} and clouded with fairly hair loom, while the center piece of the room is a shrine made of fine curved manila with flat ends and crown with shape bell around the wall and rolls of china plates, several dishes and cover, filla dishes and bowl. There is also a provision of plates, mugs, bicaks, and taka. The ceiling on the room is huge with variety of lantern and street light. Elsewhere in the room are canon, sword and gun. All of these are miscellaneous European article. They appear to be less than 19th century English and German trade group or souvenirs. There are also some spirant ream type brass manilas of very good specimen. There are also fluid designs of wood carving. 6 Old Teacher Training College. Katsina State. This was declared monument on the 23rd April 1959. the college becomes the most famous and influential educational institution in the Northern Nigeria. The opening of the college in 1921 mark the beginning of the real step forward in the history of education in that part of the country. The house was constructed with local materials used by local craftsmen and in traditional style. They are been used both in character and charm. There are thick wall or great wall and griseous ashes. The thick wall gives then an aura of strength as well as beauty. 7 Foot Bridge at Zungerun Kaduna
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