Dennis Bay Historic District
Dennis Bay Historic District | |
Location | NE of Cruz Bay off North Shore Rd., Virgin Islands National Park |
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Coordinates | 18°21′08″N 64°46′31″W / 18.352285°N 64.775415°W |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
Built | 1728 |
MPS | Virgin Islands National Park MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 81000095[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 23, 1981 |
Dennis Bay Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
It is located NE of Cruz Bay off North Shore Rd., in Virgin Islands National Park.
The plantation was claimed and cleared by 1728 to operate as a sugar cane plantation.[2]
Other names: NR Control Nos. PH050867;053177870;053177867;053177871 Historic function: Domestic; Industry/processing/extraction; Agriculture/subsistence Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Energy Facility; Animal Facility; Manufacturing Facility Criteria: event, architecture/engineering, information potential
Number of acres: 20 Number of contributing buildings: 3 Number of contributing sites: 12 Number of contributing structures: 4
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dennis Bay Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2019. With accompanying five photos from 1976
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