King's Quarter, Christiansted, Virgin Islands. County/parish: St. Croix.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1987. NRIS 87001929.
9 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 3 contributing structures.Also known as:
Slob Historic District, near Christiansted, Virgin Islands, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The listing included nine contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing site on 9 acres (3.6 ha).
It was a large sugar plantation, started in the mid-1700s and owned by the Bodkin family until 1784. The estate included a factory building, a water mill tower, a great house built around 1750, and a slave village. Slaves were emancipated in 1848, and the estate declined and was largely used for grazing sheep and cattle. In 1878, workers rioted over low wages and the plantation was burned.
It has also been known as Estate Slob, as Body Slob, and as Slob.
The Slob Historic District includes the Great House and five slave cottages from the late 1700s and two from the early 1800s in the slave village. The slave village was the birthplace of Cyril King, the island of St. Croix's first native-born governor. The district also includes the stables and an 1840s factory building.
It is located north of Centerline Rd., about 6 miles (10 km) west of Christiansted, on the east side of a cemetery.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518914