Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District

King's Quarter, Christiansted, Virgin Islands. County/parish: St. Croix.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 06, 1988. NRIS 87001932.

26 contributing buildings. 4 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Bethlehem Middle Works
  • Estate Bethlehem Middle Works

From Wikipedia:

Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District

The Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District, in King's Quarter, in Southcentral, in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is also known as Estate Bethlehem Middle Works and as Bethlehem Middle Works. It is a 34 acres (14 ha) historic district which included 26 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and four contributing sites.

It was the works of a sugar plantation, and it includes remains of an overseer's house (c.1820), a windmill, an animal mill site, a steam factory site, site of an original slave village, later workers' quarters, a raised cistern, an animal pen, stables, and a greathouse.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518856