Among these is the first-storey building in Nigeria, built by the first missionary in the country, Reverend Birch Freeman, Henry Townsend laid the foundation of the first-ever storey building in Nigeria in 1842, though the building was finally completed in 1845 by Rev. In 2017, It was recorded that 9009 tourists visited the site while in 2018, 13,609 visitors visited the first storey building. Diffo for the Diaspora festival last year as many tourists and foreigners visited the first storey building in Nigeria. Most of the buildings that were built along with the first storey building had collapsed due to lack of maintenance. Now the first storey building in Nigeria in being managed by the Anglican Church, Badagry.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 20, 2019 03:00 UTC