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APPENDIX B JOSSIE GUT HISTORIC DISTRICT DESCRIPTION Jossie Gut Historic District is located in the Reef Bay Valley about ^ mile down from Centerline Road. It is on the old cart road of Reef Bay Valley where the main gut is joined by the two guts that drain the west side of the Bordeaux Moun- tain ridge. The district contains a factory, a large horsemill, an expound, a stable and a storage building and the fragmentary remains of a dam across the tributary gut with sluices and a cistern for collection and distributing surface runoff. The horsemill is in a fair state pf preservation and some of the factory walls still stand to plate height although in a poor condition. All other buildings and structures have been partially destroyed by erosion and deterioration. Jossie Gut Factory like Reef Bay Factory is a 19th century structure and the plantation appears to have had reasonable amount of sugar production during the first half of the 19th century. It was owned and operated by Governor Hans Henrik Berg from the 1820ties until his death in 1862. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Jossie Gut Sugar Factory is significant for its remains of a surface water collecting and distributing system and for its associations with Hans Henrik Berg, Governor of the Danish West Indies. Latitude Longitude Acreage: 5 acres 18° 20' 31" 64° 44' 27" There are no UTM references on any published maps of the U.S. Virgin Islands. VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Starting at the crossing of the cart road from the east to the west side of the gut 600 feet north of the factory, the boundary follows a line in a south-westerly direction for 358 feet and then turns a 90 angle in a south-easterly direction for 650 feet, until it intersects the cart road 150 feet south-east of the factory and then continues in a north-northeasterly direction for about 600 feet to the bed of the stream that drains the west flank of the Bordeaux Mountain Ridge and then"in a west by northwesterly direction for 350 feet to the starting point of the cart roads crossing of the gut. The boundaries include all parts of the historical resource that is set in protected surroundings. JUL AppendijcB, .Hi'storic District CLASSIFIED STRUCTURE FIELD INVENTORY REPORT ————————(Attach 4Mx5" ii&W Photo) NPS ORGANIZATION __ PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands. Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 5360 REGION Southeast 1 STRUCTURE NAME" Horsemill, Jossie Gut ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National || ______. STRUCTURE NO. H-14. 1 State | |. . .Local [x i LOCATION OF STRUCTURE; Reef Bay Valley j mile down from C.enterline Road______ UTM REFERENCE: i I I I 1 I CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not A |_|_I j_|_J_| ) I) |_1_I_]_|_ | ! I part of a complex or district: Zone Easting N, or thing acres. STRUCTURE; Type of, and composition: Horsemill Physical Description; A cHrrnlar plaf-.fnrm AS' Jr. . niifr nf. the slope on the east and north and partially built up on rubble masonry retaining jwalls. The retaining walls on the south and west are up to 1 6' high. The mill is located north of the factory site. rThe Jossie Gut factory was brought under cultivation after 1800. Though begun .after the peak years of prosperity in the island it appears to have had a reasonable It was owned .amount of sugar production during the first half of the 19th century. hv novernor_JJans HenrikBer^ in the 1820s. _____' Latitude 18°20'31" Longitude 64°44'?.7" (continue on reverse if TIG cess a ryj) PRESENT CONDITION:Excellent ( jGood Ruins 1 It) Unaltered |X i Altered Fair [ ~\ Deterioratedjx] — n?—i '—^^ Original Site j^- j Moved Appendix B, Historic District ^ •CLASSIFIED STRUCTURE FIELD INVENTORY REPORT (Attach 4"x5" B&W Photo) , NFS ORGANIZATION ___ PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 5360 REGION Southeast STRUCTURE NAME Factory, Jossie Gut ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National II _____. STRUCTURE NO. State I ) . Local LOCATION OF STRUCTURE; Reef Bay Valley j- mile down from Centerline Road.______ UTM REFENCE: i CLASS VI LMD ACREAGE (if not part of a complex or district: 1 REFERENCE: i I I I 1 LiJ II i 1 1 I I LlJ_J_LjLJ. Zone Easting Nor t h ing acres STRUCTURE; Type of, and composition: Rubble and brick masonry one and two story building in the shape of a "T". •____________________________. Physical Description; The factory is a rubble masonry structure with yellow, brick ^lining of corners and of door and window o-Dcminfrs- Tt is "T" J:he stem of the "T" 3 feet from and south of the horsemill. The single, story ,stem of the "T" contains the boiling house with the firing trench on fchp. w^st. hill side of the stem. It measures 26'x28'. The head of the- "T" contains the cur ing and storage rooms of the factory and had two staircases. The width of the wing is approximately 18' and it is about 45' long. Only a few sections of the walls stand to plate height, in all cases they are badly affected by vegetation aiKL in a poor condition, Jossie Gut factory like Reef Bav Far.tnrv is a 1 Qfrh ^structure that appears to have had reasonable amount of sugar production the first half of the 19th century. Although not adequately researched, histori-^ cally it is known to have been owned and operated by, Governor Hans Hp.nrik Bj^^g It is of local interest as well for its conformity to local standards agricjilturaX — structures of the early 19th century._______(__________________________„ Latitude 18°20'31" Longitude 64°44'27" (continue on reverse if necessary) PRESENT CONDITION: Excelle Ruins L^J Unaltered nt X Good Altered Fair \ \ Deteriorated! Original Site [ ^c| Moved | I 23 198( AppendixB, Historic Dil yj'^'-.-iJL! ' >i\Vf ii.jjx.Vi> i ifioto'J" REGIONSoutheast______ PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands Nat'1 Park CODE NO, STRUCTURE NAMg Dam and Cistern, Jossie Gut Factory_____ STRUCTURE NO, ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National )I State ILocal LOCATION OF STRUCTURE;Reef Bay Valley 5 mile down from Centerline Road UTM. REFERENCE: i I I ! 1 I A i . n i i I i i 11 i I i. I i i I Zone East ing Northing CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not— part of a complex or district'. acres" STKUUTUKifi; Type of, and composition: Rubble masonry dam across stream bead with masonry cistern._________ Physical Description; North of the factory there are the rcma^ins of a dam across the tributary gut from the cast side of the valley. The dam has a sluice way and ^ a. spill over and gutter leading to an elevated cistern between the gut and thejtior , mill. All walls and pavements are fragmentary, partially destroyed by erosion and undercutting by the intermittent stream they were intended to control._____ . jQSsie Qut ^ctory site is located in the Reef l^ay; Vajley about ^ mile dqwn from ^.Centerline Road, in the vallev bottom below the two unfinished factory sites of_ _Paquerau to the northeast and Hope to the southwest. The site was cleared and .brought under cultivation after 1800. It was owned by Governor Hans Henrik Be. in the 1820s. The site is on the old cart road of Reef Bay Valley where the mair eut is ioined bv the two guts that drain the area between Pacmerau and Hooe SDUI Latitude .18 ZQ'31" Longitude 64 44'27" (continue on reverse if necessary) PRESENT CONDITION: Excellent Ruins [IT Unaltered x Good Altered Fair [ . \ Deteriorated] Original Site fxl Moved I I Appendix B, HistoTic^District _ CLASSIFIED STRUCTURE FIELD INVENTORY REPORT*':r'^- JUL 2 3 (9811 REGIONSouth east (Attach 4"x5 ll lJ6cW Photo) NPS ORGANIZATION PARK/AREA NAMEVirgin Islands .Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 536Q STRUCTURE NAME Oxpound, Jossie Gut Factory Site________^ STRUCTURE NO. H-14. 4 * ' * • _____ '__' . ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National I I State I 1 Local HTI LOCATION OF STRUCTURE:Reef Bay Valley \ mile down from Centerline Road UTM REFERENCE: i A L<JLJ_I_LL Zone . Easting Ld. .1, i 1 Northing CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not part of a .complex or district: acres* STRUCTURE; Type of, and composition: Irregular rectangular enclosure de.finad by remains of stone fence._______•______________________________ Physical Description!. The oxponnd is Innat^d anri nhill frnm and on the west and opposite side of stream bed or the 'factory. The stone fence surrounding the oxpound has for its greatest extent tumbled bufr can be followed. bv its rubble remains. The Jossie Gut Factory site was brought under cultivation after 1800 but appears to have had a reasonable amount of sugar production during the'earlv decades of the 19th century.' It was owned by Governor Hans Henrik Berg during the 1820s.____ . __________________:__________ Latitude 18°20'31" Longitude 64 44'27' (continue on reverse, if necessary) PRESENT CONDITION! Ruins f~"1 Excellent Unaltered i X | Good Altered Fair [ \ Deteriorated! X Original Site [ ^| Moved (I Appendix B, Historic District CLASSIFIED STRUCTURE FIELD INVENTORY REPORT REGION Southeast (Attach 4"x5" B&W Photo) 7 NPS ORGANIZATION PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 5360 STRUCTURE NAMEStorage Building, Jossie Gut OKDKK OK SIGNIFICANCE: National | | STRUCTURE NO. H-14,5 State | j Local [X LOCATION OF STRUCTURE; Ree£ Bay yaiiey ^ mile- down from Centerline Road______ UTM REFERENCE: i I I I I I CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not A L_|__J |_|_|_! J I I I_1_J_]_I I I I part of a complex or district: Zone Easting Northing _______' acres. STRUCTURE; Type ot, and composition: structure.____________ Rectangular one story rubble masonry Physical Description; Remains of a.rectangular storage building 12'x20' is located south and east of the oxpound. It ""is constructed in rubble masonry. The walls are in poor condition and only one corner still stands to near its original .height. Jossie Gut factory like Reef Bay Factory is a 19th century structure and appears to have had reasonable amount of sugar production during the first half of the 19th century. Although not adequately researched, historically iTTs known to have been owned and operated by Governor Hans Henrik Berg. It is of .local interest as well for its conformity to local standard agricultural structures of the early 19th century.___________________________________________ II~"I~ri~I~IIII~ir^^Latitude 18°20'31" Longitude 64°44'27" (continue on reverse if necessary) PRESENT CONDITION: Ruins |xl . Excellent Unaltered Good Altered i Fair 1 \ Deteriorated Original Site |'"X | Moved JUL 23 1981 Appendix B, Historic District REGION Southeast CLASSIFIED STRUCTURE FIELD INVENTORY REPORT (Attach 4"x5" B&W Photo) NFS ORGANIZATION _ PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 5360 :OIV STRUCTURE NAME ^Stable, Jossie Gut OKDKK OK SIGNIFICANCE: National | | _________ STRUCTUKK NO. I-T-14, i State 1 1 Local pT] LOCATION OF STRUCTURE: Reef Bay Valley i mile down from Centerline Road UTM REFERENCE: A LULU. Zone Easting J 1 _l_i. North J * ing CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not— part of a complex or district acres • Type of, and composition: Rectangular one story rubble masonry building. , . . , . STRUCTURE; Physical Description; The ruined remains of a rectangular building: 40 located north of the oxpound. The building has three walls. One long side of ...the building was open and had pillars supporting the roof. Both walls and pillars ar constructed in rubble masonry. They are in very poor condition and except for..' a short section have toppled. Jossie Gut factory like Reef Bay Factory is a 19tl century structure and appears to have had reasonable amount of sugar productio during the first half of the 19th century. Although not adequately researched, 1 historically it is known to have been owned and operated by Governor Hans Henr Berg. It is of local interest as well for its conformity to local standard agri- cultural structures of the early 19th century. __________________________ "~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~^ Latitude 18 U2Q'31" Longitude 64°44'27" (continue on reverse if necessarvji PRESENT CONDITION: Ruins | xl Excellent Unaltered X Good Altered Fair j { Deteriorated! Original Site |"x| Moved 1 I Uirv •: ~v Wr*&. -*-. -X''.' ^" ' *•**• .»:*- :-* ^ '- -SittLii-'v- TA. *•>" 3-4 ' 1 •^ ^ 'fe:*S Factory Historic Name:. Jossie Gut Common Name: Hope, Jussie Gut Reef Ba y Quarter, St. John.^ Virgin Islands Photo credit J. Aring Date of photo November, 1975 Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park West wall of factory (H-14, 2) viewed from the southwest. V * \. !*/&;• * )»'?••'M * ; y«.,i iva1 *'*-• ^* &;* I "* J ^> .& U.^t ty w* *.^ T- K<. I frWW-"-> F •• '/• Yar;.:-£ Horsemill Historic Name:. Jossie Gut Common Name: Hope, Jossie Gut Reef Bay Quarter, St. John, Virgin Islands Photo credit J. Aring Date of photo November, 1975 Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park West wall of Horsemill with entrance to >* .^ (H-14, 1) viewed from the west. | BI /> o iggi $ \