Estate Catherineberg
Estate Catherineberg is a historic mansion on Denmark Hill in Charlotte Amalie, on Saint Thomas island, in the United States Virgin Islands.
It is owned by the Virgin Islands territorial government, and serves as a residence for the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
History
- Estate Catherineberg Plantation
It was the Danish colonial plantation house of the Estate Catherineberg plantation during the Danish West Indies period. The plantation grew sugarcane and processed it in the Catherineberg Sugar Mill complex on the estate. Estate Catherineberg was part of the Danish West Indies sugar industry.
See also
- Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins
- Sugar production in the Danish West Indies
- Danish West Indies topics
Links
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Coordinates: 18°20′38″N 64°56′00″W / 18.34389°N 64.93333°W
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