Estate Grove Place

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Estate Grove Place
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Location4 miles (6.4 km) east of Frederiksted off Centerline Road, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Coordinates 17°43′39″N64°49′25″W / 17.72750°N 64.82361°W / 17.72750; -64.82361
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1851
NRHP reference No. 78002721 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1978

Estate Grove Place, at Grove Place in the Northwest subdistrict near Frederiksted on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic plantation which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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It includes ruins of a sugar factory, a tall chimney, and a wagon depot with 23 arched bays. The factory ruins include a boiling room area which is 30 by 92 feet (9.1 m × 28.0 m) in plan. The chimney is square and tapered, rising about 80 feet (24 m) from a 12 by 12 feet (3.7 m × 3.7 m) base. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Russell Wright and Annie Hillary (1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Estate Grove Place". National Park Service . Retrieved June 1, 2017. With three photos from 1977.