Estate Grove Place
Estate Grove Place is located in Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands
Estate Grove Place
Estate Grove Place is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Estate Grove Place
Location4 miles (6.4 km) east of Frederiksted off Centerline Road, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Coordinates17°43′39″N 64°49′25″W / 17.72750°N 64.82361°W / 17.72750; -64.82361
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1851
NRHP reference No.78002721[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ 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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