Verney House Hotel

Verney House Hotel, 3 Leader Ave. In the Red Hills section overlooking Cornwall.

Opened 1957. Frederick W. West was the owner. "Miss G" [Miss Gertrude dePass] was asked to take over running it, and she did. Later she says she ran the hotel during the summer seasons while the owner ran it during the winter.
On February 28, 1958 the hotel held a first anniversary barbecue dance and floor show.
In 1960 the hotel was sold to some American investors and became known as Tropical Terrace Hotel. Mr. David Henner was running the place.
"Miss G" left in 1963(?).
In February 1965 the hotel was purchased by "Miss G." It was a series of white and yellow rooms perched willynilly on a hill above Montego Bay that catered mostly to locals. It now had 23 double rooms, a new kitchen and a new bar. It served lots of Jamaican food, especially at their Saturday Jamaican Night Buffet. See November 23, 1965 clipping.
By 1986 Ernest and Kathleen Sterling were the hotel's owners and operators. The hotel did very poorly that season.
In 1989 the hotel was doing well.
In July 1997 Ernest Sterling reported that generally his hotel has not been doing well, but better than a worse prior year. He blamed it on the high level of tourist harassment.
In 2014 the Sterlings were still running the hotel.
On December 25, 2018 Kathleen Sterling died.
In 2020 Ernest Sterling died.
Still there, and still family run.