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Frederiksted Historic District is a historic district located on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] Frederiksted Historic District includes the original town laid out in a gridiron plan in 1751.
The island's indigenous Taino name is Ay Ay ("the river"). [3] Its indigenous Carib name is Cibuquiera ("the stony land"). [3] Its modern name, Saint Croix, is derived from the French Sainte-Croix, itself a translation of the Spanish name Isla de la Santa Cruz (meaning "island of the Holy Cross") given by Christopher Columbus in 1493. [4]
Saint Croix Island (French: Île Sainte-Croix), long known to locals as Dochet Island (/ ˈ d u ʃ eɪ /), is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the Canada–United States border separating Maine from New Brunswick.
Christiansted National Historic Site commemorates urban colonial development of the Virgin Islands.It features 18th- and 19th-century structures in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St. Croix Island.
Estate Little Princess is a historic plantation site located northwest of Christiansted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.It was first owned by governor Frederik Moth in 1738 and rests on 25 acres of land (from the original 200 acres). [2]
Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve is a unit of the National Park Service on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It preserves upland watersheds, mangrove forests, and estuarine and marine environments that support threatened and endangered species.
Bethlehem Old Work is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.It was set-up as one of the first plantations in the 1730s, and operated as the last sugar plantation on the island until the Bethlehem Central Factory closed in 1966.
Media related to Sion Hill Estate (St. Croix) at Wikimedia Commons; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sion Hill, U.S. Virgin Islands; Historic American Buildings Survey documentation, filed under Sion Hill, St. Croix, VI: HABS No. VI-64, "Sion Hill Estate", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page