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Jean P. Haydon Museum

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Navy Building 43
Jean P. Haydon Museum is located in American Samoa
Jean P. Haydon Museum
LocationPago Pago Harbor, Fagatogo, American Samoa
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1917 (1917)
Architectural styleTropical architecture
Part ofU.S. Naval Station Tutuila Historic District (ID90000854)
NRHP reference No.72001442[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Designated CPJune 20, 1990

The Jean P. Haydon Museum is a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the United States territory of American Samoa.

The museum is located on the north side of Route 1 in Fagatogo, American Samoa, roughly opposite the main post office. The building in which it is located, formerly Navy Building 43 of Naval Station Tutuila, is itself historically significant as one of a few surviving buildings constructed by the United States Navy in 1917 with locally-fashioned rusticated concrete blocks. The building served as the naval base's commissary until 1950, when it was turned over to civilian administration and converted to the island's main post office.[2] The post office moved to new facilities, and in 1971 the building was opened as the museum, which is named for the wife of then-governor John M. Haydon.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Jean P. Haydon Museum". USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-06-15.