Estate Hafensight

Estate Hafensight
Estate Hafensight is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Estate Hafensight
Location within the U.S. Virgin Islands
LocationSouth of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°19′55″N 64°55′20″W / 18.33194°N 64.92222°W / 18.33194; -64.92222
Area0.94 acres (0.38 ha)
Built1812
NRHP reference No.78002728
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 1978

Estate Hafensight, also known as Havensight, located south of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is one mile (1.6 km) across Long Bay from Charlotte Amalie.

Background

The listing includes Havensight Great House, a 40 by 40 feet (12 m × 12 m) one-story site on a high basement, with a terrace. It consists of a large cistern, a tenant house built on the foundations of former slave quarters, a cookhouse, ruins of a bake oven, and more.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Russell Wright and Annie Hillary (1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estate Hafensight / Havensight". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017. With five photos from 1977.