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Christiansted National Historic Site
Founded on the site of an earlier French settlement, Chris...
Cinnamon Bay Plantation
Established by the Danes in 1717, Cinnamon Bay Plantation ...
Annaberg Historic District
The Annaberg Plantation is one of several St. John's plant...
Hermitage Plantation Historic District
Although established after 1780, the cotton-cultivating He...
Emmaus Moravian Church and Manse
The Emmaus Moravian Church and Manse are significant as ex...
Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation
Established in 1717, Estate Carolina was the first and wea...
Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District
Reef Bay Estate was established in the early 18th century ...
Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm
The Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm is linked with m...
Moravian Church
Moravian missionary Frederick Martin established the Virgi...
Hassel Island Historic District
Originally connected to St. Thomas Island by an isthmus, H...
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Christiansted National Historic Site
Founded on the site of an earlier French settlement, Christiansted was laid out in a grid pattern with two market places. Market Square is located between Company and King Streets in the west end of town and Sunday Market is ...
Cinnamon Bay Plantation
Established by the Danes in 1717, Cinnamon Bay Plantation is one of the earliest sugar plantation settlements on St. John. In 1733 the owner of the plantation, Daniel Jensen, played a pivotal role in the slave rebellion which swept the ...
Annaberg Historic District
The Annaberg Plantation is one of several St. John's plantations owned in the 1720s and 1730s by Frederick Moth, the first Danish Governor of St.Croix and, later, the Governor General of the Danish West Indies. By the early 19th century, ...
Hermitage Plantation Historic District
Although established after 1780, the cotton-cultivating Hermitage Plantation possessed numerous plantation buildings by 1800. The structures of Hermitage Plantation Historic District are clustered along the north side of Borck Creek, one of Coral Bay's several inlets. By the mid-19th century, ...
Emmaus Moravian Church and Manse
The Emmaus Moravian Church and Manse are significant as examples of the Moravian architectural style. The Moravians were the first Protestants to send missionaries to the West Indies and were in the Danish Islands as early as 1732. They were ...
Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation
Established in 1717, Estate Carolina was the first and wealthiest sugar estate on St. John Island. Managed by the Danish West India & Guinea Co., it was here that a successful slave rebellion broke out on November 23, 1733. With ...
Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District
Reef Bay Estate was established in the early 18th century as a cattle and cotton plantation. Combining with the Par Force Estate around 1800, the estate underwent a conversion to sugar cane production. The Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District ...
Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm
The Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm is linked with many of the families associated with the early settlement of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The de Nully, Beverhout and Heyliger clans were all significant in the early development of the Virgin Islands. A ...
Moravian Church
Moravian missionary Frederick Martin established the Virgin Islands' first Moravian church in 1737, after purchasing a plantation on the east end of St. Thomas. The plantation was named "New Herrnhut" in honor of the Mother Church in Germany. The New ...
Hassel Island Historic District
Originally connected to St. Thomas Island by an isthmus, Hassel Island forms the western edge of St. Thomas Harbor. The Danish government first separated Hassel Island from the main island in 1860, and in 1919, the U.S. Army Corps of ...
