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Form 10-306 (Oct. 1972) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) DATA SHEET STATES Virgin Islands St. John FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE COMMON: Mary Point Great House and Factory ^5k ANO/OR HISTORIC: Mary Point Estate STREET AND NUMBER: \Maho Bay Quarter f fW'f" -£&> -Jxifan" Virgin Islands 'ir 078 CONGRESSIONAL. Virgin Isl; COUNTYs N^/^ St. John ^' CATEGORY (Check One) PE| District | | Building I | Sit* | | Structure HH Object OWNERSHIP [25 Public I | Privote CD Both Public Acquisition: O In Process I I Being Considered STATUS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC [~l Occupied 39 Unoccupied I 1 Preservation work in progress Yes: Restricted nrestricted a NO PRESENT USE ("Check One or More at Appropriate) | | Agricultural I | Commercial | | Educational I | Entertainment ic~l Government I I Industrial I I Military j | Museum I I Private Residence [ I Religious I I Scientific I I Transportation C3 Other (Specify) [~l Comment* Virgin Islands National Park, National Park Service, Dept. of Interior REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (II applicable) Southeast Region CITY OR TOWN: Atlanta • TREET AND NUMBBM: 1895 Phoenix Blvd. STATE! Georgia 30349 COOK COURTHOUSE, RECISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: Registry of Deeds, Office of Lieutenant Governor STREET AND NUMBER: King Street. Government Hill CITY OR TOWN: Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas Virgin Islands 078 TITLE OF SURVEY: 1. Historic Resource Management Plan, VIIS 2. HABS Great House DATE OF SURVEY: 6/1973 & 1 9 64 S3 Oz Stote [ I County Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: u Virgin islands National Park 2. Library of Congress. Washington. D. C._________ STREET AND NUMBER P. O. CITY OR TOWN: St. Thomas Virgin Islands 078 CONDITION | — | Excellent n Good ID Fair (Check One) fXl Deteriorated (Check One) [Xj Altered Q Unaltered Q2 "wins O Unex posed r Check One; 1 I Moved |Xl Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL, (it known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE 414 Adaptive Restoration and Rre&ervation Mary Point Plantation has for the greater part of its history been a part of and under the same ownership as one or the other of the three adjoining estates. The Great House is located on the narrow neck of land that conntects the hog back formation of Mary Point proper with St. John. It overlooks Francis Bay to the west and Mayy Creek to the east. In addition to the Great House proper, there is a servants house, a farm structure, a factory, a cemetery and a modern cistern constructed in reinforced con- crete 50 feet northeofethe Great House. 1. Mary Point,.Great; House (H-30, 1) The Great House is a one-story masonry dwelling house 33'xZ6' with a kitchen 8'xlZ 1 built against the northwest corner and a cistern 10'xll' against the southeast corner. Dating from the mid-19th century, it has classical revival details and an unusual for the Virgin Islands hipped "M" profile roof. The original structure is somewhat disfigured by the addition of a large roofed terrace towards the south which has replaced the original piazza, that ran along the south, main and entrance side of the building and a wood and asphalt shingle penthouse erected above the kitchen and over the west wall. Both additions post date 1925. The interior woodwork which wai fairly, elaborate is ,naw,preserved in traces only. .. ;1 ; Significance:: : , -.,- Second Order Recommended Treatment Adaptive Restoration Preliminary Estimate for restoration of the extension and adpting interior for use as Park residence $40,000 2. Servants House (H-30, 2) Latitude 18° 22' 02" Longitude 64° 44' 30" The servants quarters is a one-story gabled roofed masonry structure 19'x 24', fourteen feet west of the Great House. It is completely plain in its execution and by its lesser height dominated by the Great House. It is still roofed and in fair condition. Significance: Third Order effitsmnGDended Treatment Adaptive Restoration Preliminary Estimate for restoration of exterior and for adapting interior for use in connection with the proposed park residence $12, 000. 3. Mary Point Farm Building (H-30, 3) Latitude 18°22'02" Longitude 64°44'30" A rectangular one-story masonry structure approximately 20'x30' with a shed roof and a short free-standing brick chimney added a few feet from the m m -t 9O O Z Page 1 ot L pages PERIOD (Check One or More at Appropriate) I I Pre-Columbian I I 15fh Century O 16th Century Q 17th Century I I 18th Century EF1 19th Century I I 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Aboriginol I I Prehistoric t|| Historic 52 Agriculture |JJ] Architecture [H A" I 1 Commerce [ I Communications I I Conservation I—| Education { | Engineering I I Industry I I Invention . II Landscape Architecture I I Literature O Military I | Music I I Political I—| Religion/Phi­ losophy I I Science I I Sculpture I ! Social/Human­ itarian |—| Theater [ | Transportation 1 1 Urban Planning [2 Other (Specify.) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Second Order Mary Point Estate is associated with Governoi? Berg, Augustus Kragh and the Grancis Family, all notable in the history of the Virgin Islands. The Great House is one of the three structures of its kind on St. John that has survived roofed. It still, inspite of later additions, reveals its original architectural character and although modest in size has considerable style. It is, therefore, important to the understanding of the architecture and build- ing tradition of the Virgin Islands. The Great House with the factory build- ings H-30,4) comprise a unit which is characteristic of the agricultural pattern of the Virgin Islands. Although sections of the estate probably cultivated sugar cane, it never had sugar "works" of its own and the land was, for the most part, devoted to raising of cotton and later, cattle. The plantation was under cultivation before 1780, however, little =is known of the original structures, and the standing remains of the "factory" appears to date from the early 19th century. As an example of the structures con- nected with a plantation devoted to raising cotton and cattle, its organization and layout is of considerable local interest. By its association-with the Mary Pbint Great House and its latter's connection with Governor Berg, it is also of general interest to the Virgin Islands. The estate was owned by Augustus Kragh in the late 18th century. He was a prominent an influential planter and the son of Jens Nielsen Kragh who until his death in 1773 served as the Commandant of St. Thomas. The estate was subsequently acquired by Hans Henrik Berg who at various times in the mid 1800s was member of the Danish Westindien Government Council, Governor and President of St. Thomas and St. John. Upon his death Mary Point Estate was acquired by the Francis family. The land within the district boundary is now covered by dense bush. By 1800 all the relatively flat land of the neck between Mary Point proper and St. John was cleared and under cultivation and as late as 1925 was still open pasture land,, Oxholm Survey of St. John 1780, National Archives, Copenhagen, Denmark Oxholm Map of St. John 1800, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES , DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY ' ————————— ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— | CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 18 ° 22 • 09" 64 ° 44 • 33 " NE 18 ° 22 ' 09" 64 ° 44 ' 29 " SE 18 ° 22 ' 00" 64 ° 44 ' 29 " sw 18 ° 22 • 00" 64 o 44, 33 ,. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ) DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds O I it O I it APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JQ LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE: CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE COUNTY: CODE COUNTY: CODE COUNTY: .. . CODE 1;;$ ,*-- NAME AND TITLE: DATE! Frederik C. Gjessing, Architect Nov. 1975 BUSINESS ADDRESS: Virgin Islands National Park STREET AND NUMBER: PHONCi P. O. Box 806, Charlotte Amalie 809 T775-2050 CITY OR TOWN: St. Thomas > '" ^i^iiiiii^i^i^iMiii^^i^iii^^i^i^^w State Liaison Officer recommendation: J2 Yes State Llaiaon Ofllcertsignaturf In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby nominate this property to the National Register, certify­ ing that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed 90 days in which to present the nomination to the State Re­ view Board and to evaluate its significance, The reporq-^ meiKf&ii level/of significance is | | National [g^tate _J3Lht<-*^ /O/3V/77 Federal Representative Signature / Date deputy Assistant Seoretarv Title STATE COOK Virgin Islands >78 I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register. Tfrrtrfnr fl*"-- -' *--«•- ~t r-- T J^' * 1 ~ IHMW" i • ^ 1 'i-^- I/O ATTEST: (A m m JOc o H O X </• GPO 938-448 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) STATE Virgin Islands COUNTY St. John FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER -W- 9 0 1Q7 187* west-waif? Constructed in the later half of the nineteenth century, the build- ing^gjaV apparently intended for farm and equipment storage and later, after --thi'addition of the chimney, was used in connection with distilling bay oil. Now it is in use by the National Park for storage of materials and tools. It is in fair condition and located 100 feet southeast of the Great House. Significance: Recommended Treatment Third Order Adaptive Restoration Preliminary estimate for restoration of exterior and adapting interior for use in connection with park use $8, 000 4. Mary Point Factory (H-30,4) Latitude 18°22'05" Longitude 64°44'30" The factory is located 300 feet northwest of the Great House. The building is modest in size and its condition is too poor to provide any information of its former architectural character. It is an irregular roughly "L" shaped one-story masonry structure of three joined units. The total overall di­ mensions of the 'factory' is approximately 40'x60'. Approximately 1/3 of the walls stand to plate height. The unit towards the north appears to have had a second wood story. Significance: Recommended Treatment Preliminary Estimate 5. Cemetery (H-30, 5) Third Order Preservation $2,000 Latitude 18°22'05" Longitude 64°44'32" A small cemetery is located about 300 feet north of the factory. It contains several unmarked graves with built up masonry covers and one monument in black marble. There are no clear demarkation of the exact limits of the burial ground. Significance: Recommended Treatment Preliminary Estimate Third Order Preservation $500 Latitude 18°22'07" Longitude 64°44'32" Page 2 of 2 pages GPO 92I-72* _TRAlUTt HARV R)IM-gREKr HOUSE H-3C Form No. 10-301a ' (Pev. 10-7>) ' ' . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR * '< NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY RECEIVED NUV 7 [DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS __________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate_________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House and Factory LOCATION CITY, TOWN Maho Bay Quarter ..VICINITY OF COUNTY St. John STATE Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT F> C . GjeSSUlg NEGATIVE FILED AT Virgin Island s National Park DATE OF PHOTO May, 1970 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Farm Building (.H-30, 3) with the Plantation House (H-30, 1] in the background viewed for the southeast. PHOTO NO 1 of Form No 10-30la , » (?ev. 10-7M UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVE DATE ENTERED 1977 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS __________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate_________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House and Factory_____________________________ LOCATION CITY. TOWN Maho Bay Quarter _VICINITYOF COUNTY St. John STATE Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT F> C . GjeSSing NEGATIVE FILED AT Virgin Islands IXTa-Hrmal "Pat-Tr DATE OF PHOTO May, 1970 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Plantation House H-30, 1 viewed from the southwest PHOTO NO 2 of i : Form No 10-301 a ' (?ev. 10-7 V) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY RECEIVED NTJV 7 B77 DATE ENTERED «AY 2 2 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS ________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate__________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House & Factory LOCATION CITY. TOWN Maho Bay Quarter -VICINITY OF COUNTY St. John STATE Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Don Adams DATE OF PHOTO Dec. 20, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Virgin Islands National Park IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 3 of 6 Cemetery H-20, 5 showing two of the unmarked graves viewed from the southeast. fJF I Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY RECEIVED NOV.? 1977 DATEENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS __________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate____________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House &: Factory Q LOCATION CITY, TOWN Maho Bay Quarter VICINITY OF COUNTY St. John. STATE Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Don Adams DATEOFPHOTO Dec. 20, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT.Virgin Islands National Park IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Cemetery H-30, 5 inscription of marker over Hesther D. Francis. PHOTO No4 of 6 « , Jr ,,, FormNd. 10-301a (Pev 1O-7>) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY RECEIVED NOV 7 1977 DATE ENTERED MAf 2 378 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS ________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate __________________________________ __ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House & Factory Q LOCATION CITY. TOWN Maho Bay Quarter ___ VICINITY OF COUNTY St. John STATE Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Bill Aring DATE OF PHOTO December 5, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Virgin Islands National Park IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION. ETC IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Servants House H-30, 2 viewed from the south. PHOTO NO 5 of 6 it. Form No. 10-30la (?ev. 10-7 >) | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED MOV 7 1977 MAY ? 2 1978 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS __________________TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH____________ NAME HISTORIC Mary Point Estate_________________________________________________ AND/OR COMMON Mary Point Great House and Factory LOCATION CITY. TOWN ___VICINITY OF COUNTY STATE Maho Bay Quarter____ St. John Virgin Islands PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTOCREDIT Bill A ring DATEOFPHOTODec ember 5, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT . Virgin Islands IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 6 of 6 Servants House H-30, 2 viewed from the southwest showing part of gable end and south elevation. ••