Egedege N'Okaro is the first storey building in

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and in the whole of the

Mid-Western Region, Nigeria The Mid-Western Region was a division of Nigeria from 1963 to 1991, from 1976 being known as the Bendel state. It was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin City. It was renamed a pr ...

which is the present day

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and

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States. It was built in 1906 by Late Chief Iyamu, the Inneh of

, Late Chief Iyamu is the great grandfather of

Osagie Ize-Iyamu Osagie Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian pastor, politician, former Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Edo state government. He was the gubernatorial candidate of the Edo state People's Democratic Party for the 2016 Edo state gubernatorial election. He i ...

. According to historical accounts, Egedege N’Okaro was the first residential one-storey structure to be built in the ancient city of Benin. It is made of red furnace-fired bricks with wooden decking. The design of the building was given to Chief Iyamu by a Briton, Mr. Crawe Reade, a colonial officer who supervised its construction. Egedege N'Okaro structure still stands firmly and majestically as House Number 30, Erie Street, off Sakponba Road,

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