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t€ 306 t0*7^) unmidstails Pu-Ain m imi lUOR ' NATIONAL PAPK SERVICE flON/.L REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM for frdf.rai. PROPFHTIKS • \ I I. FOR NPi* OSfc ONLY RECEIVED ^ ^ DATE ENTERED for FFDF.RAL PROPFHTIKS ncnc^rPR FORMS gjNAIvIE Shipping »A,,lnlstratlve Offices District Courts BuHdlut ^location STREET 8i NUMOCR 48B Tolbod Gade r -11 _not for publication____ CONGRESSIONAL OiSTRlCT ”'"''rr^rlotte Ar-aHo, Sf Tho"'^ STATE TT. S. Islands- ^CLASSIFICA-^nON -'CATEGORY DISTRICT X-BUILOINGIS) STRUCTURE _jsnE _OBJECr OWNERSHIP STATUS XuPUBUC X_OCCUP.EO _PR.VATE ^UNOCCUPIED _W0RK IN PROGRESS "public ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _,N PROCESS X.YES: RESTRICTED _SEIMG CONSIDERED -TES: UNRESTRICTED —NO Tc~igrTET«; nf>Tp‘-^?re- MUNIY PRESENT USE [2] AGENCY General Services Administration REGIONAL HEADOUARTERS OfiPplKiblel STREET & NUMBER 18th & F Streets, N.W. DTctr-ir*- nf mHI aTY.TOWN Washington --------LncmiT^ '[?]LOCATION CI‘ LEGAL DEL’CiaPTION registry Of DEE os. ETC Rgcordet of r>peds« TJentenant CQVg.mQ.r*!T Rni *1 ding- SIREEI & NUMBER 28 Kongens C.tda________________________ _______ giTit CITV.IOV.N r.hnr1ott.o Tber.13— [i^UEriiESENrATlONINE-iSTlNG SUUVE cii Tim DATE Hone .JlOrilAl _STATE —COUNTY _tOCAl __ D‘.*'0;tu i'y 'O'I SVKVIY »<•! O'IDt • -------------- STATE 1 _JLGRICULTURE —MUSEUM ^commercial —PARK ..EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE r ENTERTAINMENT -RELIGIOUS —GOVERNMENT —SOENTIFIC \ _INOUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION r , _miutary —OTHER: 1 CITY.TOVYN /j DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE 3L.IXCEUENT _OETERlORATEO _cooo _FAIR _J«UINS _UNEXPOSED ^UNALTEREO ILaltereu CHECK ONE Z.ORU'.INAC. SITE ^OVEO DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The District Courts Building, originally the riamSurg-Amarica Shipping Line Administrative Offices, is located on the irest side of Tolbod Gade, slightly to the north of Veterans Drive. Designed by the CJeman architect, Fritz Klein, the building was completed in 1914. Two storeys above grade, and approximately 82 feet long by 75 feet vide, the building has eight bays on the east and west facades and six on the south facade. There are galleries on three sides on both the first and second storey levels. The building is constructed of reinforced concrete and bears on a reinforced concrete foundation platfora three feet thick. The foundation platform is set on driven concrete posts and a three foot deep sand and cement bed.^ The roof is composed of structural I beam rafters spaced approximately six or seven feet on center. " The principal (east) facade fronting Tolbcd Gade consists of eight unequal bays defined by concrete piers, two storeys high, 28 inches wide and 16 Inches deep. The two exterior comers of the piers are chamfered. The six northernmost bays are almost syxietricaily placed, while the second .bay from the south is the widest and the so-utliemmost the narrowest. Together the tv:o southernmost bays are of approximately the same width as the two northernmost. Behind the southernmost bay is the galleiry of the 1st store: southern facade. Behind the wide bay are two windows, vjith tv;elve over twelve double-hung sash windows. Metal-clad wood blinds painted dark green flank the windows., Behind the first of the-regular bays is a modern wood dcor, surmounted by a fifteen light transom. Surmounting the door is a sign'reading ''I^epartnent of Justice ImriLigration and Naturalization Service." In the next bay to the north of the door is a window \ri.th fifteen over fifteen double-hung, sash flanked by blinds. Tlie remaining bays contain transomed double doors. All the transoms except that of the northernmost bay have air conditioning units, and all the doors are flanked by metal clad wood blinds painted green. Tl:e blinds match the others and can be closed to cover the doors entirely. The northernmost bay contains the entrance to the interior stain/ay ascending to the second storey. Above it Is a sign reading "United States District Court of the Virgin rslands." The sign above the next door to the south reads ".Department of Justice, Ibited States Marshal." The first and second storeys are divided by a concrete beam at the perimeter of the second storey concrete slab. The beam intersects the columns and tlic chamfers so that three sides of the pier are exposed. Between the piers is an iron railing with vertical bars. Tlie two bays at both the north and south ends of the second storey gallery are enclosed, leaving a reveal to which the railings are attached. On the second storey uKiitldstatlsdi.paklwlm 01 tiii:inti;riok NATIONAL PAHK StRVICE ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM . FOR NPS USE ONLY ] RECEIVED MAY 2 21978 DATE ENTERED CONTINUATipN SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 2 Gallery, each open bay except the second bay fron the south contains a window with a fifteen over fifteen double-hung sash unit surrounded by shutters similar to the others. The second bay fron the south contains a door with a sixteen light transom and full length shutters. Above the ^cond storey the piers abut a continuous rectilinear concrete beam Which, along with a simple roof flashing, functions as the only comice' elcment. Tne corrugated metal splayed hip roof is visible above the building. The south and west facades are similar in character and detail, to the principal facade. The south facade, fronting Veterans Drive is- composed of s^ bays. Although each outermost bay is smaller than the others, the six bays are bilaterally symmetrical, as opposed to those of the principal facade. A free-standing, cne-storey annex built by the Public Works Departnant stands immediately to the south of _the building and blocks the entire first, storey of the south facade. On the second storey the railing continues between the piers. Though not enclosed on the first storey, the easternmost bay is enclosed on the second storey. A small door leads from the west wall of the enclosure to the g^lery. The two easternmost open bays each contain tv;o vri.ndov7s trtth twelve oyer twelve double-hung sash units. £ach window is surrounded y a pair of blinds so that the adjacent blinds in between each pair -overlap. The next bay to the west contains a single window i^ith a fifteen over fifteen double-hung sash unit flanked by matching blinds. The western bay of..the wall contains double doors, each with six lights and surmounted by a -fifteen light transom. Matching shutters flank the aperture from the top of the transom to the bottom of the doors. A gutter pipe runs the length of the concrete beam above the piers. Over the second pier from the west the beam is slightly recessed and the flashing is slightly pinched forward to acccmmodatc a downspout. Tne center column and that immediately to the .west of it support the antennae that rise above the roof. ^e west facade is composed of eight unequal bays identical in columniaticn to that of the east facade. Due to neighboring structures and landscaping, the western facade, especially the first storey, is less visible. An exterior iron staircase has been attached to the southwest comer of the perimeter of the gallery. The three norr.hcmmost bays of the second storey gallery are enclosed; a modem door on the south wall of the enclosure leads to the gallery. United States District Courts Duilding UXni.D STA n.S DI.I’AK . ..iLNT OI Till: INTLRIOR NATIONAL PARK sen VICE ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOB NFS USE ONLY RECEIVEO — • MAy 2 2 iS7a DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 3 The north facade of the building is a blank unfenestrated concrete wall. The building's exterior is painted yellow with white painted piers, window and door trim, and comice flashing, A sixty-one foot high reinforced concrete water tower originally rose above the southeast comer of the building, extending 30 feet above the* comice and thirteen feet above the roof peak. The three tiered tower began at the comice level and included three vertical slit openings at each side of the middle tier.2 A fan-aerated tower cistern and additional attic storage tanks provided a total capacity of sixty tons of water.^ The tower v?as removed at an unknown date. - The building's interior at the first, second, and attic levels has been substantially modified to accommodate a wide variety of U.S. Government offices. Consequently, the present interiors consist of hardboard paneled vails, suspended ceilings and tile flooring. The original interior plan is not discemable. Documentary sources indicate that the original interior spaces which housed the shipping offices for the Ilamburg-American Line Included wood jalousie iTindov’s which were painted white as v?ere the ivood ceilings. The wood trim was of pitch pine and oalc, and the flooring was of ornamental tile and linoleum.^ The jalousie windows have been removed. The original ceilings remain beneath the acoustical tiles; however, due to the extensiveness of the remodeling it is unlikely that much else has been retained. It ,=i • ‘ . 'V -■ i- 1 St. Thomas Tidcndc, Saturday, November 8, 1913. 2 Luther K. Zabriske, The Virgin Islands of the United States of America. ■{New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918). 3 St. Thom-is Tidende. Saturday, November 8, 1913. 4 Ibid. United States District Courts Building S'iGNIFICANCE *V>'' PERIOD —PREHISTORIC —1400 1499 —1500-1599 —1600-1699 —1700 1799 —1800-1899 S.1900- AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE - CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW —ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC —ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC —AGRICULTURE JClrchitecture -ART X.COMMERCE —COMMUNICATIONS —COMMUNITY planning —CONSERVATION .^.ECONOMICS -EDUCATION —ENGINEERING —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT —INDUSTRY —INVENTION -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —LAW __LITERATURE —MILITARY —MUSIC —PHILOSOPHY —POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -RELIGION —SOENCE —SCULPTURE —SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN —THEATER —TRANSPORTATION —OTHER ISPEC'*''' SPECIFIC OATES BUfLDER/ARCHITECT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE . . u -i* • imo IQI/I K.. 'Jt The District Courts Building was originally built in 1913-1914 by The Hamburg-America Shipoing Line (die Hamburg - Amarikanishe Packetfahrt Aktien Gesellschaft) to house its administrative offices. The Hamburg-A.merica Line was then the largest commercial steamship line in the world, and the building contained offices for the Superintendent Counsul and the Imperial German Consulate. * Because of the need to defend the eastern approach to the Panama Canal during World War I, the U.S. purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917. The following year the Hamburg-America Line was required to sell its West Indian interests, including the administrative office building in Charlotte Amalie, to the United States. It now houses the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the U.S. District Court. . - Designed by a German modernist architect, Fritz Klein, the building is an early example of modern architecture in the Virgin Islands. Its reinforced concrete structure was designed to resist earthquakes and to conform to the strict local fire code. The forthright expression of the. building's skeletal structure creates a rhythm and scale sympathetic to that of Charlotte .Amalie's traditional masonry structures, . \ • :V NATIONAL register V NAME OF PROPERTY SUippiKJ/r Hue: Ufc STATE UO-^ 11'^/5lApo3 fFficfes The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for clarification of the information indicated below. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION IS RESUBMITTED. Description: 8 statement of Significance: Bibliography: Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): Verbal Boundary Description: Certification:)jy|;^ riTLii: ^-i-Lkvrg-.Aibfc. v^fefeoeD> Photographic Coverage: _________________________________________________ Map Coverage: Other: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to AAc the National Register staff, telephone (^i^) _____________ on Thank you for your attention to the above items. Q, Date: Ouj^iydb' Chief, Branch of Registration INT:2 105-74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 8 form No 16 30G (Bev 10-74) ■ UNITLDSTATl.S 1)LI»AKI NT OJ IIU IMKRIOH '' NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOF^ FEDHRAL PROPFRTIKS DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED • MAY Z iy/8 DATE ENTERED ' OCT 10 1978 SEE MnISTRUCTIONS IN HOVv'TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS_________ gjNAME HISTORIC Hamburg-Aiaerica Shipping Line Adainistrative Offices AND/OR COMMON United States District Courts Building ___________ gjLOCATION STREET & NUMBER 48B Tolbod Gade _NOTFOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas-of STATE congressional DISTRICT IT. S. Vir'^in Islands CODE None COUNTY None coor None IJCLASSIFICATTON CATEGORY _district X.BUILDINGIS) _STRUCTURE _SITE _0BJECT OWNERSHIP X.PUBLIC — PRIVATE —BOTH PUBLIC ACQUiSlTiCN —IN PROCESS —BEING CONSIDERED STATUS X-OCCUPIED —UNOCCUPIED —WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE X_YES: RESTRICTED — YES; UNRESTRICTED — NO PRESENT USE —AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM —COMMERCIAL —PARK —EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE ENTERTAINMENT -RELIGIOUS ^GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —INDUSTRIAL -TRANSPORTATION —MILITARY —OTHER: •1( ! AGENCY General Services Administration REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS Ilf applicable) STREET & NUMBER 18th & F Streets, N.W. CITY. TOV/N Washington VICINITY OT STATE Distrirt of Col nm'!T 1 p [¥]L0CATI0N of LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEOS.ETC. Recorder of Deeds, Lieutenant Govemor's Building STREET & NUMBER 28 Rongens Gade CITY, TOVv N Charlotte .AmT/ic. SL. Tho’'ir..q STATE TT.q, Tslgrvds. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS None TITLE M' DATE —FEDERAL —STATE •—COUNTY _ t OCAL DU'OSirOP.> rOR survey RH-ORDS CITY. TOWN STATE ^DESCRIPTION . , CONDITION X._exceuent _deteriorated _GOOD _RUINS _.FAIR _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE _UNALTEREn X.ALTERED CHECK ONE X ORkiiNAI. SiTE —MOVED DATE, DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL API'EARANCE The District Courts Building, originally the rtamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices, is located on the v;est side of Tolbod Cade, slightly to the north of Veterans Drive. Designed by the German architect, Fritz Klein, the building was completed in 1914. Two storeys above grade, and approximately 82 feet long by 75 feet wide, the building has eight bays on the east and west facades and six on the south facade. There are galleries on three sides on both the first and second storey levels. The building is constructed of reinforced concrete and bears on a reinforced concrete foundation platform three feet thick. The foundation platform is^set on driven concrete posts and a three foot deep sand and cement bed.^ The roof is composed of structural I beam rafters spaced approximately six or seven feet on center. The principal (east) facade fronting Tolbod Gade consists of eight unequal bays defined by concrete piers, two storeys high, 28 inches wide and 16 inches deep. The tvjo exterior comers of the piers are chamfered. The six northernmost bays are almost syor'ietrically placed, while the second bay from the south is the w^idest and the southernmost the narrowest. Together the two southernmost bays are of approximately the same width as the tv7o northernmost. Behind the southernmost bay is the gallery of the 1st storey southern facade. Behind the v;ide bay are two windows, with tvralve over twelve double-hung sash windows. Metal-clad wood blinds painted dark green flank the windov/s. . Behind the first of the regular bays is a niodern wood door, surmounted by a fifteen light transom. Surmounting the door is a sign reading ''Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service." In the next bay to the north of the door is a vjindow with fifteen over fifteen double-hung, sash flanked by blinds. Tlie remaining bays contain transomsd double doors, /ill the transoms except that of the northernmost bay have air conditioning units, and all the doors are flanked by metal clad wood blinds painted green. The blinds match the others and can be ^ closed to cover the doors entirely. The northernmost bay contains the entrance to the interior stairrvay ascending to the seco’id storey. Above It is a sign reading "United States District Court of the Virgin rtilands." The sign above the next door to the south reads ".Departtient of Justice, United States Marshal." The first and second storeys are divided by a concrete beam at the perimeter of the second storey concrete slab, lire beam intersects the columns and the chamfers so that three sides of the pier are exposed. Between the piers is an iron railing with vertical bars. Tlie two bays at both the north and south ends of the second storey gallery are enclosed, leaving a reveal to v.’hich the railings are attached. On the second storey if ^ A: Form No 1f)-300a > (Kev. 10 74). UNITLD STATLS Dl.PAR 1 :viLNl 01 1 III: INTPKIOR NATIOiNAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED JiAAY Z Z 1978 DATE ENTERED 1)0; ^ j b/8 CONTI Nil ATI.ON SHEET ITEM NUMBER Gallery, each open bay except the second bay from the south contains a window with a fifteen over fifteen double-hung sash unit surrounded by shutters similar to the others. The second bay from the south contains a door with a sixteen light transom and full length shutters. Above the second storey the piers abut a continuous rectilinear concrete, beam which, along with a simple roof flashing, functions as the only comice element. The corrugated metal splayed hip roof is visible above the building. The south and west facades are similar in character and detail to the principal facade. The south facade, fronting Veterans Drive, is composed of six bays. Although each outermost bay is smaller than the others, the six bays are bilaterally synimetrical, as opposed to those of the principal facade. A free-standing, cne-storey annex built by the Virgin Islands Public Works Depart-mant stands immediately to the south of the building and blocks the entire rirsr .storey of the south facade. On —the second storey the railing continues betV7een the piers. Though not enclosed on the first storey, the easternmost bay is enclosed on the second storey. A small door leads from the west wall of the enclosure to the gallery. The two easternmost open bays each contain two v;indows with twelve over twelve double-hung sash units. Each window is surrounded by a pair of blinds so that the adjacent blinds in between each pair overlap. The next bay to the west contains a single window with a fifteen . over fifteen double-hung sash unit flanked by matching blinds. The western bay of..the wall contains double doors, each with six lights and surmounted by a .'fifteen light transom. ^latching slnitters flank the aperture from the top of the ti'ansora to the bottom of the doors. A gutter pipe runs the length of the concrete beam above the piers. Over the second pier from the w’est the beam is slightly recessed and the flashing is slightly pinched forward to accommodate a dov.nspout. Tne center column and that irmadiatcly to the .west of it support the antennae that rise above the roof. The v;est facade is composed of eight unequal bays identical in columniaticn to that of the east facade. Due to neighboring structures and landscaping, the western facade, especially the first storey, is less visible. An exterior iron staircase has been attached to the southwest comer of the perimeter of the gallery. The three northernmost bays of the second storey gallery are enclosed; a modem door on the south w'all of the enclosure leads to the gallery. United States District Courts building 1 hcrm ryo. i^i juua (Kev. 10-741 UNHI D STA'ILS Dl.PAK . ,.,LNT OI I Mh INTl.RIOR *' ^JAT10NAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF IDSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPSUSE ONLY RECEIVED WAV 221970 DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE The north facade of the building is a blank unfeiiestrated concrete wall. The building's exterior is painted yellow with white painted piers, window and door trim, and comice flashing. A sixty-one foot high reinforced concrete water tower originally rose above the southeast comer of the building, extending 30 feet above the ’ comice and thirteen feet above the roof peak. The three tiered tower began at the comice level and included three vertical slit openings at each side of the middle tier.2 A fan-aerated tower cistern and additional attic storage tanks provided a total capacity of sixty tons of water.^ The tower w^as removed at an unknown date. The building's interior at the first, second, and attic levels has been substantial!}' modified to accommodate a wide variety of U.S. Government offices. Consequently, the present interiors consist of hardboard paneled walls, suspended ceilings and tile flooring. The original interior plan is not discemable. Documentary sources indicate that the original interior spaces vjhich housed the shipping offices for the Hamburg-American Line included wood jalousie windov’s which were painted white as vrere the wood ceilings. The wood trim was of pitch pine and oak, and the flooring was of ornamental tile and linoleum.'^ The jalousie windows have been removed. The original ceilings remain beneath the acoustical tiles; however, due to the extensiveness of the remodeling it is unlikely that much else has been retained. ■ 1 2 St. Thomas Tidendc, Saturday, November 8, 1913. Luther K. Zabriske, The Virgin Islands of the United States of America. 3 4 (New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918). St. Thomas Tidende, Saturday, November 8, 1913. Ibid. United States District Courts Building [INSIGNIFICANCE PERIOD _PREHISTORIC — 1400 1499 _-1 500-1599 — 1600-1699 — 1700 1799 —1800 1899 X-1900- AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BEI.OW —ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC —ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC __AGRICULTURE _X\RCHITECTURE —ART X-COMMERCE —COMMUNICATIONS —COMMUNITY PLANNING —CONSERVATION —ECONOMICS —EDUCATION —ENGINEERING —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT —INDUSTRY —INVENTION —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —LAW —LITERATURE —MILITARY —MUSIC PHILOSOPHY —POLITICS-GOVERNMENT — RELIGION —SCIENCE —SCULPTURE —SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN —THEATER —TRANSPORTATION __OTHER (SPECicvv SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The District Courts Building was originally built in 1913-1914 by The Hamburg-America Shipoing Line (die Hamburg - Amerikanishe Packetfahrt Aktien Gesel1schaft) to house its administrative offices. The Hamburg-America Line was then the largest commercial steamship line in the v/orld, and the building contained offices for the Superintendent Counsul and the Imperial German Consulate. Because of the need to defend the eastern approach to the Panama Canal during World War I, the U.S. purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917. The following year the Hamburg-America Line was required to sell its West Indian interests, including the administrative office building in Charlotte Amalie, to the United States. It now houses the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the U.S. District Court. Designed by a German modernist architect, Fritz Klein, the building is an early example of modern architecture in the Virgin Islands. Its reinforced concrete structure was designed to resist earthquakes and to conform to the strict local fire code. The forthright expression of the. building's skeletal structure creates a rhythm and scale sympathetic to that of Charlotte Amalie's traditional masonry structures. \ nationau register 1 jljMAJOH. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES St. Thomas Tidende. Edited, printed and published at No. 17 Norre Gade, Kings Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, by Leroy Nolte, Wednesday, October 8, 1913, Saturday, November 8, 1913, Wednesday, February 4, 1914, and Saturday, July 4, 1914. UTM REFERENCES ZONE easting NORTHING ZONE EASTING VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION .. • r LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE p^FORM PREPARED BY NAMt ■ TITLE General Services Administration .. organization Historic Preservation DATE STREET £. NUMLtH 19th & F Street, TELEPHONE 566-1370 > DTY OR TOWN Washin?;ton, DC 20^i05 STATE ^'CERTIFICATION OF NOMINATION STATE Historic preservation officer RECOWr/iENDATION YES____ NO____ NONE STATE HISTORIC PRESFRVATIOfs OFFICER SIGNATURE In compliance '.Mth Execut-ve Older 1 1 533. I licreby non mate this property to tlie National Register, cemfying that tne State Historic Preservation Officer has been a!lov/ed 90 tJays in wfiich to present the nominalio^o the State Reviev/ Board and to evaluate its sigmlicance. The evaluated levelplfcnjfYificance i^#_J!f'fationaJ____State J!_Local. FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE TITLE ED IN THE DATE S rOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS l/JCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER aTrrr nrur'tr cicr nrAi ATTEST: ATtCCH 'AMDhlU fCU: //HEStn*yA(TOH----- K4i.feLiJi4POfMlir-WATt. L.X!EGISTE4?„ DATE DATE Property hamburg-america shipping line administrative offices Working Number State CONT TECHNICAjL Photos HISTORIAN iC%£lU6t^ IT# * ^0 . tP HW) laJ" ^r4*fH4 CP UWMUkClOO iv^uJ(vru)iO'? ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN UAJ, if lUfetv ACCf^PT • # 1^4- ARCHEOLOGIST ww e/y3 ^ ^^yt/ /- ____________________ *____ ^ ' z ______ Zi/ Z^yiC^r ry^ ^ 4^ ^ Inventory Review ^ (LO-'Sbu (a SL "lU/vuA/t^ ^ uKW^ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF T, _c^j,r ^PO tUj^i.^ Pa CHIEI^ . - KEEPER * I National Register Write-up ________ Federal Register Entry ?~ Send-back Re-submit ________ Entered OCT 1 0 IS^Q IN T ;2 I Oe - 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 ^ r;- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Public Buildings Service Washington, DC 20405 M/IV I C Dr. William J. Murtagh Keeper of the National Register L 1 Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation J Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service i * Department of the Interior Washington, DC 20240 Dear Dr. Murtagh: ° . 1 , Enclosed is a copy of the nomination form for the United States District Courts Building located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The original nomination form was sent for evaluation and review to Mr. Thomas Blake, Planning Director of the Virgin Islands Planning Board on July 22, 1976. My office has tried repeatedly to retrieve the nomination from Mr. Blake to no avail. I am also enclosing a copy of the letter which was sent to Mr. Blake. If you have any questions concerning this nomination please contact Mr. Rolando Rivas-Camp on (202)-564-=437U^ / We look forward to hearing from you concerning the nomination. Sincerely, |Uo4) -A1mUo~\ 'MICHAEL F. MULLOYI Historic Preservation Officer Enclosure cc: The Honorable Juan Luis P.O. Box 599 Government House Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00801 Mr. Thomas Blake Historic Preservation Officer Virgin Islands m) Keep Freedom in Your Future With U.S. Savings Bonds 6) 1^, ^ 4 : Cg2 JUL 19^ ^IECE|\^ 2X1378 k 'NATIONAL register U%hi%Ji^\Cj COU0Z.JS 4c. Ch4^ot7G 4MAoe lit, ilioms Blake Flanains uireccor Virgin Islands Flaonlng doard Charlotte Aiaalic St. Thoaias, Virgin Islands OOSOl TJv^ re. linlted States *)letrict Courts Building. Charlotte Ansalle Dear iir(' Blake f iixloaed is a itationsl Register Horalnation form prepared by the General Servicae 7lc.:?ilaistratioa (GSA) for a property located in the Virnia islarais. iicnea review the noniaatlon, isidicate your reconaandatioa lai itea >r'12 and return the original notuinatioa and its eneioaures in the envelope provided. I'he copies are for your files. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely» (Signed) Michael F. Malloy MICFiATL F. laiLOY liistoric Preservation Officer Environmental Affairs gnclosurca cc; Official (SHPO) & Reading Files - PWA, US District Court Bldg., File,j^ '--------------------------- ...... ... . „ .... RHPL, Reg. Comm. 2P, Director, PW, PWA:MFIfULLOY:vmh 7/21/76 x61370' ^ .y 6r^ TELEPHONE REPORT Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Project ; ^//y’/ZI/^P ... Date: Address: — ^P,^. iZCf^/ Staff Division /t<^ ^Ui'77/s=^A^y'^£:yi/. y/y j/ /fo^y^cp ^/yy yf.Cyf./^. \ ■4 TELEPHONE REPORT Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation ^f^pHuKT Date: 0/9/'^ / Address ; Phone ; Staff Member; Division: * Report: ^ ^AfSA/s/c’V^ ^ r/^ 4^ : /A^/C-r^ 00,^^' ^<p(jr4 9/. ^ ' h/0^r / ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE VIRGIN ISLANDS Date Entered .//r J 0 1978 Name Uaabarg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices Location Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas Island w Also Notified Honorable Ron de Lugo Mr. Michael F. Mulloy, GSA Byers/bjr 10/13/78 Mr. Thomas Blake \ Planning Director | \ Virgin Islands Planning Boar4 \ Charlotte Amalie ^ St. Thomas, Virgin Islands OQ86l r NATIONAI REGISTER DATA SHEET ^CONDITION □ deteriorated □ altered □ original site (^features; ^ GSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ^□SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 ^□SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-3 □ excellent □ ruins □ unaltered □ moved oqnot INTACT-O 2g not INTACT-O gGNOT INTACT -O □ good □ unexposed □ reconstructed □ unknourn I^GUNKNOWN-4 IKGUNKNOWN-5 >GUNKN0WN-6 □ fair □ unexcavated □ excavated SGNOT APPLICABLE-7 SQNOT APPLICABLE-8 SGNOT APPLICABLE-9 ,.s it i.t. -urs on federal ^ Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices 48B Tolbod Gade __ Charlotte Amalie PR.a, □MUNICiPAL □COUNT'f □rtUlIiPlE OWNER EXISTING SURVEYS CHABS DHAER □HHl|@funded-> Oyes DHO ,©congress-district K«» «nMiM.i£6isn» WSI08IG Wsiiisr? MTtiMl 8UTWIS UHWtMJSl OTHER NAMES . ^ __ U,S, District Courts Building V ici n ’ ■ • ’ ; VI ns A__ _ _ ______ w gldate of entry ; county co4«- OCT 10 1978 ccunty St, Thomas___ _____!@ ai; m; n i STRATOR ; (g)NPS REGION-. SE___ BSOURCEof NOMINATION □ STATE 'EOERAL , il state who prepared fpim? □ local Dprivate organization (^ACCESS GVES-Resfrict^ □ YES-Unrestricted □ No Access □ Unknown [@)A0APTIVE USE DYES GNoIQ SAVED? DYES | IS PRO PERTY A H ISTOR 1C DISTRICT? □ yes Gno @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : □ ARCHEOLOGY-prehistoric-2 □ COMMERCE-6 □ ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 □ COMMUNICATIONS-7 □ AGRICUlTURE-3 □ CONSERVATION - 8 □ ARCHITECTURE-4 □ ECONOMICS-9 □ ART-5 □ EOUCATION-IO □ ENGINEERING-11 □ ENTERTAINMENT-26 □ EXPLORATION-12 □ HEALTH-27 □ INOUSTRY-13 □ INVENTION-14 □ LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 □ LAW-IE □ LITERATURE-17 □ MILITARY-18 □ MUSIC- 19 □ PHILOSOPHY-20 □ POLITICS/GOVT.-21 □ RECREATION-28 □ RELIGION-22 □SETTLEMENT-29 □ SCIENCE-23 □ URBAN PLANNING-31 □ SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 □ OTHER (SPECIFY) □ SOCIAL /CULTURAL-30 ______________ □ TRANSPORTATION-25 ^CLAIMS: explain ^first’G * oldest’□ ‘only’ □ ^functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CURRENTLY: ^dates of loitiii construction: mijor altorations: historic otonts; A ETHNIC GROUP 'W' ASSOCIATION ^architectural style(s): ^architect’. ^master builder: l^engineer: Q landscape architect / garden designer : ^interior decorator: ^ artist: partisan: ^builder/contractor: 1^NAMES give role A date ^personal: events: institutional: ^NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP reviewer* initial*. .date. 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