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, the plantation had been converted into a cattle farm, which is what it remained into the 20th century.

Hermitage Plantation Historic District is accessible from the Brown Bay Trail and the East End Rd. west of the plantation site, on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. A road from the Coral Bay settlement leading to the East End Village passes below the plantation site.

Information and photos courtesy of the National Register for Historic Places U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Itinerary, a subsidiary of the National Park Service.

Credits and Sources:

Nancy Cox, Undergraduate Student, University of West Florida