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Christiansted National Historic Site commemorates urban colonial development of the
Virgin Islands. It features 18th and 19th century structures in the heart of
Christiansted the capital of the former
Danish West Indies on
St. Croix Island.
On the grounds are five historic structures:
Fort Christiansværn (1738), the Danish West India & Guinea Company Warehouse, where
Alexander Hamilton worked as a young man before emigrating to the American colonies (1749), the Steeple Building (1753), Danish Custom House (1844), and the Scale House (1856). This is also the site where African slaves were brought by ship from Africa and sold to local planters to work on the sugar plantations.
It was first established on
March 4,
1952 as
Virgin Islands National Historic Site through the initiative of concerned local citizens, to preserve the historic structures and grounds within its boundaries, and to interpret the
Danish economy and way of life, including colonial administration,
military and naval establishment, international trade (including
slave trade),
religious diversity,
architecture, trades and
crime and punishment, between 1733 and 1917. The site was renamed on
January 16,
1961. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the historic site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places on
October 15,
1966.
The National Park Service, as part of their Centennial Initiative celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, is planning to rehabilitate the main warehouse facility into a slave trade museum and to restore the complex to how it appeared in 1883.
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