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Map of the United States Virgin Islands. This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands. There are currently 91 listed sites spread across 16 of the 20 subdistricts within three islands/districts of the United States Virgin Islands.
Camille Pissarro, A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856, National Gallery of Art. Pissarro was born on St. Thomas. The first British invasion and occupation of the island occurred in 1801. The islands were returned to Denmark in 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. Fire destroyed hundreds of homes in Charlotte Amalie in 1804.
Government House, Saint Thomas; located in the territory's capital city of Charlotte Amalie at Government House, Saint Croix; located in the island's largest town and chief port, Christiansted , within the Christiansted National Historic Site at 17°44′47.07″N 64°42′12.76″W / 17.7464083°N 64.7035444°W / 17.7464083; -64. ...
Blackbeard's Castle is one of five National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. Virgin Islands.It is located in the city of Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas.Erected in 1679 by the Danes as a watchtower to protect the harbor as well as Fort Christian, Blackbeard's Castle was originally called Skytsborg (meaning protection castle).
Bordeaux, also known as Estate Bordeaux, is a historic former sugar plantation located on the West End of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing structure. [1]
Thatch Cay is a small, uninhabited 230 acre (931,000 m²) island one-half mile (0.8 kilometres) off the northeastern coast of Saint Thomas. Its highest peak is 482 feet (147 metres). It is one of the last privately held, undeveloped islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. [1]
Green and white sea glass. Sea glass are naturally weathered pieces of the anthropogenic glass fragments of typically drinkwares, which often have the appearance of tumbled stones. Sea glass is physically polished and chemically weathered glass found on beaches along bodies of salt water. These weathering processes produce natural frosted glass ...
Estate Thomas. Estate Thomas is a settlement adjacent to Charlotte Amalie on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.. The WICO dock and Havensight, Charlotte Amalie High School, Sugar Estate Post Office, Wheatley Center, Pueblo Long Bay, Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, and Kimelman Cancer Institute are located in Estate Thomas.