Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins

Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm
Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins;
Coordinates 18°20′48″N 64°45′41″W / 18.34667°N 64.76139°W / 18.34667; -64.76139Coordinates: 18°20′48″N 64°45′41″W / 18.34667°N 64.76139°W / 18.34667; -64.76139
Architectural style No Style Listed
MPS Virgin Islands National Park MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference # 78000270[1]
Added to NRHP March 30, 1978

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins is an historic site located in the Virgin Islands National Park, east of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ruins are an example of an 18th-century sugar and rum factory.

History

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins, overgrown, unrestored area.

A sugar plantation from the 18th to the 19th centuries, the farm eventually became land for grazing cattle.

In 1733 one of the first significant slave rebellions in the New World took place on Saint John when African slaves took over the island for six months. During the slave revolt, the farm was the headquarters of the Amina warriors.

Today the sugar mill ruins are located in a protected area in the Virgin Islands National Park. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1978.

Architecture

Interior view of including column details.

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins are an example of an 18th-century sugar and rum factory.

Storage vault at Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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