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In 1691 the town was renamed Charlotte Amalie in honor of Danish King Christian V's wife, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650–1714). Between 1921 and 1936, the town was called St. Thomas by the United States. In 1936 the capital was recognized as Charlotte Amalie.
The Charlotte Amalie Historic District in Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a 165.3 acres (0.669 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] The district then included 574 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing object. [1]
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.
The Trust's headquarters and history museum are located at 5332 Raadets Gade (Council's Street) of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. [1] The Trust works to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of Saint Thomas, through education, advocacy, and preservation promotion.
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.
In the USVI, highways and major routes beginning with 3-4 are located on St. Thomas. A few of these highways and routes pass through or border the CDP of Charlotte Amalie East. Some of the major highways and roads include: Highway 30 (VI 30) passes through Charlotte Amalie East Elmo D. Roebuck Senior Drive. Route 38 (VI 38) Weymouth Rhymer Highway.
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]
Estate Catherineberg is a historic mansion on Denmark Hill in Charlotte Amalie, on Saint Thomas island, in the territory of the United States Virgin Islands. It is owned by the Virgin Islands territorial government and previously served as a residence for the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The last governor to reside there was Charles ...