Jump to content

Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse

Coordinates: 17°44′52″N 64°46′50″W / 17.74778°N 64.78056°W / 17.74778; -64.78056
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse
Moravian Church, Friedensfeld, St. Croix
Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse is located in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse
Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse
Nearest cityChristiansted, Virgin Islands
Coordinates17°44′52″N 64°46′50″W / 17.74778°N 64.78056°W / 17.74778; -64.78056
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1819, 1854
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Moravian church style
NRHP reference No.76001844[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1976

The Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse are historic buildings in Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.

The present church building was built in 1854, replacing a structure that had been dedicated on February 12, 1819. The 4 acres (1.6 ha) property, with its two contributing buildings, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1976.[1] It has an associated cemetery.

The two-story church, with its central section about 55 by 77 feet (17 m × 23 m) in plan, was one of the largest wood-frame structures in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and was deemed to be "significant for its unusual combination of combination of Carpenter's Gothic and Classical Revival elements.[2]

The church may have been prefabricated in Germany and assembled by German craftsmen plus local builders.[2]

The manse building is about 70 by 42 feet (21 m × 13 m) in plan, and is connected to the church by a stone pathway. It was built in c.1810.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Samuel Stokes, Russell Wright, Annie Hillary, and Margaret Proskauer (May 17, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse". National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With four photos from 1976.