The Edward J. Roye Building is a wrecked

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on Ashmun Street in the commercial district of

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, the capital city of

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. Constructed as the headquarters of the

True Whig Party The True Whig Party (TWP), also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP), is the oldest political party in Liberia and Africa as a whole. Founded in 1869 by primarily darker-skinned Americo-Liberians in rural areas, its historic rival was the Re ...

,"American Colonization Society Still Owns Land in Liberia?" onrovia''SunTimes'' 1985-07-03: 12. it was renamed the "E.J. Roye Memorial Building" in 196

It is one of the most prominent buildings in the city. In the building's earlier years, it included a grand auditorium, and before the People's Redemption Council, 1980 coup d'état, it hosted government meetings such as sessions of the

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in 1975, as well as non-governmental conventions such as the Liberian Federation of Trade Unions in 1977. It sits in the heart of the city's pre-coup commercial district, near locations such as the former offices of the

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. Considering that the Party had become defunct following the 1980 coup, the General Services Agency appropriated the building in 2011, and in view of the building's ruined state, the building was closed for construction in late 2013. The action provoked anger among the leaders of the rump TWP, who considered their party still to be the owners of the building and filed suit to have themselves declared the rightful owners and to have government officials enjoined from further possession of or construction at the property.
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