Estate Perseverance
Estate Perseverance | |
Nearest city | Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands |
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Coordinates | 18°21′18″N 64°59′51″W / 18.35500°N 64.99750°WCoordinates: 18°21′18″N 64°59′51″W / 18.35500°N 64.99750°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | by 1811 |
NRHP reference No. | 78002730[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 17, 1978 |
Estate Perseverance, near Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included a contributing building and a contributing site on 2 acres (0.81 ha).[1]
It is located about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Charlotte Amalie, on the southern shoreline of Saint Thomas, about 800 yards (730 m) inland from .
The earliest available record shows it was owned by a Mrs. Mary Fogerty in 1811.[2]
It includes a T-shaped one-story sugar factory building built upon a high cellar, with its larger section being about 29 by 73.5 feet (8.8 m × 22.4 m) in dimension. It once had a timber hipped roof. It includes Classical Revival details.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Annie Hillarv; Russell Wright (June 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estate Perseverance". National Park Service. Retrieved July 20, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1977
Categories:
- Sugar plantations
- National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands
- Buildings and structures completed in 1811
- West End, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands Registered Historic Place stubs