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The Virgin Islands National Park is a national park of the United States preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres (2,226 ha; 9 sq mi) of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.
The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981. [1] The historic district is part of Virgin Islands National Park. The park maintains an exhibit of a well-preserved sugar factory. [2]
Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins is an historic site located in the Virgin Islands National Park, east of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ruins are an example of an 18th-century sugar and rum factory. To reach Catherineberg, turn north on John Head Road from Centerline Road. There is room for several cars to park right next to ...
The L'Esperance Historic District, located east of Cruz Bay off Center Line Rd., on Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located within Virgin Islands National Park.
The Brown Bay Plantation Historic District, is a 30 acres (12 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The listing included 19 contributing sites. [1] Behind the beach of Brown Bay are the masonry remains of a large plantation house, a horsemill, and a sugar factory built between 1780 and 1800.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in the United States Virgin Islands on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
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Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge: 1980: St. Croix: federal Regularly used for nesting by the endangered leatherback sea turtle. 5: Salt River Bay: 1980: St. Croix: mixed- federal, private The best remaining stands of mangrove in the Virgin Islands. 6: Vagthus Point: 1980: St. Croix: private The best-known locality for Upper Cretaceous ...