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The image of the Red House is situated in Woodford Square -even today. comment from the Nationals Meeting High commission for Trinidad & Tobago

The Pitch Lake, La Brea, South Trinidad. This is the home of asphalt, which is mined and exported to various countries of the world to pave every road! I am so proud! The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, located at La Brea in southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation. The lake covers about 40 ha and is reported to be 75 m deep. Pitch Lake is a tourist attraction that attracts about 20,000 visitors annually. It is also mined for asphalt by Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago. Pitch Lake has fascinated explorers and scientists, as well as attracting tourists, since its discovery by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1595. Raleigh himself found immediate use for the asphalt to caulk his ship. Exported asphalt from Pitch Lake was also used to pave the streets of some regions of New York City. Since its re-discovery, there have been numerous research investigations into the use and chemical composition of this material. Above all, there have been countless theories, postulations, and conclusions as to the size, source, and origin of the asphalt.

This is now President's House, St Ann's, Port of Spain. Each President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago lives there, with his family. He hosts other Heads of State and Dignitaries, functions of State, etc, at this address. It is next to the Emperor Valley Zoo, St Ann's, Port of Spain.

President's House is one of the 'Magnificient Seven' landmark buildings which are situated around the World's Largest Roundabout, the Queen's Park Savannah.