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Fort Christian is a Dano-Norwegian-built fort in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.Built 1672-1680, early in the first successful colonial establishment on the island, the fort served as a critical point of defense and government during the entire period of Dano-Norwegian, and later Danish, administration, which ended in 1917 with the sale of the islands to the United States.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Christian, U.S. Virgin Islands 18°20′27″N 64°55′47″W / 18.34083°N 64.92972°W / 18.34083; -64 This Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands location article is a stub .
The Danish West India Company chartered Charlotte Amalie in 1671 after King Christian V decided to secure them for plantations. As early as in 1672, the Danish government began the construction of Fort Christian on Saint Thomas Harbor in Charlotte Amalie. In 1675, the Danes constructed four pubs near the water's edge on the western side of the ...
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).
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the present-day downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluence of the Brandywine River and the Christina River, approximately 2 mi (3 km ...
European construction in the district began with the building of Fort Christian in c.1666; the town of Charlotte Amalie was platted in 1681. [2] Notable properties include: Fort Christian (c.1666-1680), modified in 1874; Legislative Building (1874), built as barracks for the Danish police force, in 1976 this was home for the Virgin Islands Senate.
The fort protected commerce from piracy and privateers, and local citizens from slave revolts. The first Danish governors were also housed there. The British occupied the colony from 1801 to 1803 and from 1807 to 1815. The fort housed the police headquarters, court offices, courthouse and archives starting in 1878.
Inside the fort was a school for Indian children, taught by a Charles Griffin, where they learned to speak and write English, and to read the Bible and Book of Common Prayer. Lieut. John Fontaine, who spent some time there 1715–1716, left a detailed account of his observations on the Indians, and also recorded about 45-50 words and phrases of ...