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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 .
The Christiansted Historic District is a 135.9 acres (0.550 km 2) historic district in Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It included 253 contributing buildings and two contributing sites. [1]
The Artists Guild of St. Croix [14] has installed several murals and [15] paintings, and sponsors scholarships. Delta Dorsch , who was born in Frederiksted, wrote The Role of the Storyteller in the Preservation of Virgin Islands Culture (1999) and contributed to The Glory Days of Frederiksted (2004) about Frederiksted's culture.
The town was founded by Captain Frederik Moth after he was made governor of St. Croix in 1733. Departing from St. Thomas, Moth's party had cleared a space for Fort Christianswærn by 5 September. In a ceremony next to this fort on 8 January 1734, the French formally handed the island over to the Danes in the form of the Danish West India and ...
Robert A. Armstrong, owner of the Buccaneer Hotel in 1998. The Buccaneer, formally known as The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort, is a luxury historic hotel and beach resort about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Christiansted, on the island of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, beyond Altona Lagoon. [1]
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Southwest of Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Coordinates 17°44′39″N 64°42′35″W / 17.744028°N 64.709722°W / 17.744028; -64.
St. John's Episcopal Church, historically known as St. John's Anglican Church, is a church in Christiansted, Virgin Islands. Although most of the current building dates to 1868, a church has been located on the site since the 18th century. It and its adjacent graveyard were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]