Estate Grove Place
Estate Grove Place | |
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| Location | 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Frederiksted off Centerline Road, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Coordinates | 17°43′39″N 64°49′25″W / 17.72750°N 64.82361°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1851 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002721[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1978 |
Estate Grove Place, at Grove Place in the Northwest subdistrict near Frederiksted on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic plantation which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
It includes ruins of a sugar factory, a tall chimney, and a wagon depot with 23 arched bays. The factory ruins include a boiling room area which is 30 by 92 feet (9.1 m × 28.0 m) in plan. The chimney is square and tapered, rising about 80 feet (24 m) from a 12 by 12 feet (3.7 m × 3.7 m) base.[2]
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Estate Grove Place Steam mill smokestack -
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Memorial Plaque 20230926
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Russell Wright and Annie Hillary (1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estate Grove Place". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017. With three photos from 1977.
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1851
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