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FH oso;l c3 =orm No. 10-300 . ^0-^*' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NFS USE ONLY B.CE.V.0 AUG 151977 DATE ENTERED HQV 1 5 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Qname HISTORIC Bordeaux AND/OR COMMONEstate Bordeaux □location g STREETS! NUMBER ' —NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT rharToEEfs .^VICINITY OF 1 STATE CODE Tl - S. Vi rain T.cilands 7 8 COUNTY CODE St. Thomas 0900 CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY —DISTRICT XbUILDING(S) —STRUCTURE —SITE —OBJECT OWNERSHIP iipUBLIC ^PRIVATE —BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION —IN PROCESS —BEING CONSIDERED STATUS —OCCUPIED .XUNOCCUPIED —WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE —YES: RESTRICTED JCYES: UNRESTRICTED —NO PRESENT USE —AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM —COMMERCIAL X_PARK —EDUCATIONAL X-PRIVATE RESIDENCE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —INDUSTRIAL —MILITARY —TRANSPORTATION —OTHER: [OWNER OF PROPERTY Multiple owners NAME ^laudia H. & John L. Maduro STREETS! NUMBER Box 1239 CITY, TOWN St. Thomas VICINITY OF STATE U. S. virgin Islands [LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Rgcorder of Doeds STREETS! NUMBER No. 18 Konaens Gade CITY. TOWN ThomaP STATE TT. S. virgin Islands REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Virgin Islands Inventory of Historic Places DATE Ma\7 fi 1 Q7f; —FEDERAL ^STATE —COUNTY —LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Islands Planning Office CITY, TOWN Charlotte Amalie STATE U. S. Virgin Islands DESCRIPTION CONDITION —EXCELLENT —GOOD —FAIR —DETERIORATED X-RUINS —UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE JC_UNALTERED —ALTERED CHECK ONE X^ORIGINALSITE —MOVED DATE- DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Estate Bordeaux is situated on a high bluff 680' above Bordeaux Bay on the north shore of St. Thomas in the West End Quarter. The original Great House is two rooms in plan, one story on a high cellar, with plastered rubble walls and pockets for the timber frame of a hipped roof, now gone. The main, or upper, floor part of the north end wall has two windows, the east wall tvflo windows and a door, the south' wall a central door with flanking windows, and the west wall three doors (two of which were originally windows) and a window. All openings at this level are lined with brick and have flat brick arches and splayed jambs. A one story high cellar projects from the east wall of the Great House, and has a low parapet wall that creates a roof top terrace. This area is entered through two brick segmental arched openings in the east facade. The space is inaccessible, but it appears that it was used for storage and a cistern. The ceiling height in the cellar is 6', in the main floor 9' 8". A 12' 6" wide porch spans the south facade of the Great House, with a stone staircase at the east end. A one story gabled roof addition, 20'x31', set on a high cellar has been appended to the south half of the west wall of the Great House. This section is three by two bays, built with plastered rubble walls and has a later corrugated tin roof supported by early timber King Post trusses. All openings have platered brick lined, splayed jambs, brick flat arches and wood casings. The porch spanning the south facade of the original section of the Great House continues across the south facade of the addition, termin­ ating at a parapet walled terrace which surrounds the west and north facades of this section. A rubbli'e cistern, 10 feet square, is located in the west terrace, possibly replacing the earlier cistern east of the Great House. A two story rubble masonry outbuilding, possibly a kitchen but with no signs of an oven or chimney, is located 20' west of the west terrace. One story high, the 18'x22' structure has two windows in each of the long north-south walls. Being in ruins, it is impossible to tell the original roof form, but it is assumed that it was hip since the end walls show no signs of a gable. The outbuilding has a stone walk extending from the north facade and connecting to a rubble bell tower, much altered from its original form. Other unidentified ruins of probably slave quarters, stables and other outbuildings exist scattered to the west of the Great House. The mill and factory are in ruins and are located a considerable distance east of the Great House. Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED AUS 151977 DATE ENTERED NCV 1 5 1978 CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE one y Virgin Islands Government Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs P.O Box 4340 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1 Form No 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY ^ RECEIVED AUG 151977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED ^ 1978 CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE tVVO The ruins of a small gable roofed one room structure remain at the shore of Bordeaux Bay. It is thought that this building was used as a warehouse to store processed sugar for trans­ shipment to the port at Charlotte Amalie. The 22' thick walls are constructed of rubble and coral block, laid in a mortar very rich in sand, which has resulted in the collapse of much of the upper part of the walls. There are two windows in the 44' long north wall, a small window in the 30' wide gable ends and a single, wide door in the west facade. ■a [1 SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD —PREHISTORIC —1400-1499 —1500-1599 —1600-1699 X-1700-1799 X-1800-1899 —1 900- areas OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW —ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC —ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ^agriculture ^architecture —ART ■ ! . XCOMMERCE —COMMUNICATIONS —COMMUNITY PLANNING —CONSERVATION —ECONOMICS —EDUCATION —ENGINEERING —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ^HNDUSTRY __INVENTION —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —LAW —LITERATURE —MILITARY —MUSIC —PHILOSOPHY —POLITICS/GOVERNMENT —RELIGION —SCIENCE —SCULPTURE —SOCIAiyHUMANITARIAN —THEATER —TRANSPORTATION —OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The significance of Estate Bordeaux lies in the fact that it is typical of architectural styles of plantation great houses built during the 19th century. Ruins of a mill, great house and storage buildings remain of the estate buildings. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Danes joined other European nations in securing colonies in the West Indies. The Danes hoped that their colonies would provide them with permanent sites for their trading and commercial interests. Agriculture was to serve as a supplement to the income provided in commerce and trading. The Purchase of St. Thomas in 1671 for trade and agriculture proved unsuccessful. However, the purchase of St. John (1718) and St. Croix (1733) was influenced more by the potential which they possessed for cultivation than by the need to use them as trading centers. St. Thomas, which the Danes purchased to servejef as a commercial port had less agricultural development than the other islands. However,there were some sugar plantations in operation. By 1752 St. Thomas reached its peak in sugar production and by 1754 it was no longer important to the sugar industry. Moreover, during the 19th century the island's commercial and trading interests were finally prospering. Acceding to local legend, Plantage Bordeaux was held by the Brandenburg Africa Company which operated from 1685 to 1715 in St. Thomas. On November 24, 1685, Christian V entered into a treaty with the Duchy of Brandenburg which permitted a Brandenburg Company to establish itself in St. Thomas. Both the colony and the rival Danish West India Company were jealous of the prosperity the Brandenburg Company experienced. However, the privileges which had been granted to them led to increases for the colony in general and laid the foundation for commercial enterprise and success for St. Thomas. Imajor bibliographical references Dookhan, Isaac. A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Epping, Essex: Bowker Publishing Co., 1974 Zabriske, L. K. The Virgin Islands of the United States of America - Historical and Descriptive Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures and Resources: New York, 1918 EQgeographical data ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY. UTM REFERENCES 14.6 A. 18® 21 B. 18® 21 C. 18® 21 D. 18® 21 52" N 46" N 43" N 49" N 65“ 00' 56" W 65® 00' 54" W 65® 01' 04" W 65® 01' 06" W M I__ L ZONE EASTING .lJ I I ■ I J 1 . i-i-l bLJ I I ■ I NORTHING I I I 1 ZONE EASTING NORTHING _L 1 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The nominated property is within #1 Estate Bordeaux, West End Quarter, St. Thomas, LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE N/A CODE COUNTY CODE -I STATE CODE COUNTY CODE [FORM PREPARED BY NAME/TITLE ORGANIZATION Virgin Islands Planning Office DATE June 6. 1977 STREETS. NUMBER P. 0. Box 2606. TELEPHONE .(809) 774-1730 CITY OR TOWN Charlotte Amalie STATE U. S. Virgin Islands Estate historic preservation officer certification THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ......... . ' NATIONAL___ STATE JS__ LOCAL As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria i ia ayR^^P^cedures set fort^^ the^N^iona^Park Service. SrfE^TORIcTRESERVAyi^ OFfIc^^GNATU^ TITLE FORNI 1ERESY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS l«(tliUDED ll^HE NATIONAL REGISTER . urn .J.SA MknMAm ItoISTIS pate \A*0 #eEPgRgFTHEMArtOMAL RFG)SIER GPO 892 453 Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECElVElftUG 151977 DATE ENTERED_____ NiW t 1378 CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE three The first land transaction recorded for Estate Bordeaux was May, 1832. William Punnet who held the extensive plan­ tations on the western portion of St. Thomas sold Bordeaux to Mr. James Kennedy. The purchase included all the lands, buildings, works and utensils, 26 mules and 124 slaves. In 1844 the estate of the deceased James Kennedy was auctioned to the highest bidder, Mr. A. Kerllerup, St. Thomas Lawyer and colonial representative. The last record of Bordeaux appearing as a sugar plantation was 1845. The ruins of the Great House and the warehouse at the water's edge are of architectural significance because of their design, construction techniques and, in the case of the Great House, the architectural detailing that remains. ^'0 . -is . . Form No 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF fflSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVE&UG 1 5 1977 DATE ENTERED iul. 1378 CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 PAGE four McGuire, James William. Geographic Dictionary of the Virgin Islands, Special Publication N. 103 (Serial No. 269), United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce. Washington, D. C. 1925 Westergaard, Waldemar Christian. The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671 0 1754), With a Supplementary Chapter, New York, 1917. Taylor, Charles Edwin. Leaflets from the Danish West Indies Descriptive of the Social, Political and Commercial Conditions of These Islands. London, 1888 Knox, John Pary. A Historical Account of St. Thomas, W. I.... and Incidental Notices of St. Croix and St. John. New York, 1852 (1966 reprint). Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED jy|_ i ^ ^3^ : 4 -vJ ^ DATE ENTERED -.1975 1 5 lij/o CONTINUATION SHEET Estate Bordeaux ITEM NUMBER IQ PAGE four fe- 5- i r |f'.r Verbal Boundary Description Beginning at a point (A) on the shore 320’ Northeast of the Northeast corner of the Great House and extending South 520' to point B; then West 900' to point C; then North 520' to point D, and then the point of origin, ^li-as- shown-in red on the attached sketch-of .1 V .*■ GPO 892 455 d] SIGNIFICANCE - f] /dV0-7Z PERIOD _PREHISTORIC _1400-1499 _1500-1599 _1600-1699 _Xl700-1799 _Xl 800-1899 _1900- areas OF SIGNIFICANCE - CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _XA6RICULTURE JJarchitecture __ART _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS _COMMUNITY PLANNING CONSERVATION __ECONOMICS —EDUCATION —ENGINEERING —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT __INDUSTRY __INVENTION —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —LAW __UTERATURE __MIUTARY —MUSIC __PHILOSOPHY __POLITICS/GOVERNMENT — RELIGION —SCIENCE —SCULPTURE —SOCIAiyHUMANITARIAN —THEATER —TRANSPORTATION —OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Because St. Thomas period of significant sugar cultivation ended in the mid 18th century with only a dwindling number of marginal plantations persevering into the next century, architectural examples of this once dom­ inant way of life have been reduced by neglect and decay to rarity. Because Bordeaux Bay Estate remained operative into the mid 19th century.its Great House and waterfront warehouse survive as architecturally significant ex­ hibits of the crucial sugar economy stage of St. Thomas' development. A legend that the plantation began as the headquarters of the Branden­ burg Africa Company has attached itself to Bordeaux Bay Estate.. Unfortunately, like so many legends concerning the dimly documented early years of the Danish colony on St. Thomas, the available evidence contradicts this. The legend seems to have originated from a misunderstanding of the roles of the Brandenburg Company in St. Thomas and of its last Direetbry Thomas Bourdeaux, the founder of Bordeaux Bay Estate. Brandenburg, the nucleus of the future Prussian kingdom emerged in the latf 17th century as the dominant state in fractured Germany. Among its ambition., in pursuing its goal of rising to the first rank of European powers, was the acquisition of colonial commerce, particularly a share of the notorious but lucrative slave trade. Having acquired a station on the Guinea Coast of Africa in 1682, they began to search for a suitable base at the other end of the trade in the West Indies. Rebuffed by the major Caribbean powers in their attempt,g to obtain an island, irl 1685 they concluded a pact with the weakest of the Caribbean powers, Denmark. This condominium agreement allowed the Brandenburgers to establish an enclave on the sparsely sfettled Danish colony of St. Thomas. The first objection to Bordeaux Bay being the Brandenburg enclave is that the Germans got into a serious confrontation with the Danes, because of their failure to establish a plantation. The Danes had hoped to reap a generous revenue in poll and ground taxes from the anticipated major planta­ tion. Although, the Danes may have allotted the then undeveloped land around Bordeaux Bay to the Germans, it is clear that they never cultivated it. Their interest in St. Thomas was commercial not agricultural and this brought them into conflict with the island's master and their competitor, the Danish West India Company. The harrasment of the Brandenburgers culminated in the December 1690 confiscation of their goods by Governor John Lorentz. This and a subsequent nocturnal plundering of the Brandenburg warehouse by French pirates sapped the vitality of the German .Company. 1 foriT Np 10 3U0» iR«». 10-74)UNITLD SI ATLS Dlil’ARTMLNT OF 1 HF INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED /0-/d-y2 DATE ENTERED HOV 1 5 1978 CONTI NU ATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 During the balance of its 30 year lease which expired in 1715 its St. Thomas presence was a debt ridden skeleton operation. In 1701 Lorentz smugly observed that their import trade consisted only of in frequent, small ship­ ments of slaves and had "no export trade except for some cotton purchased from local planters." In 1715 when the expiration of the lease ended the Brandenburg Company's presence on St. Thomas, it possessed assets of 23,843 pieces of eight versus Danish claims for duties, damages and rentals of an .astonishing 1,078,229 pieces of eight. ^ The second objection is that all available historical accounts place the Brandenburg Company's complex at the western end of St. Thomas' lone village, Charlotte Amalie.^ Indeed the Western section of Charlotte Amalie was long known as Brandenborgei. This site along the harbor was selected for its convenience to the Brandenburgers chief concern, trade. The probate court records of Thomas of Thomas Bordeaux's Estate following his July 1735 death have led to the suggestion that the lot described as the main office for the Brandenburg Company is Bordeaux Bay Estate Thomas Bordeaux had served as governor, cr director, of the German company during its last feeble years. The purpose of the probate Court inquiry, wa-s- to differentiate between what belonged to Bordeaux and what had been left in his^ care with the demise of the Brandenburg Company 20 years before. This property would be subject to seizure by the Danish authdrities in lieu of the enormous outstanding debt owned it by the defunct German Company. The probate court records from August 23, 1735 to November 2, 1739 consistently refer to one lot with a dwelling house and outbuildings. Far from being vague on its loca­ tion the November 21, 1738 entry describes it in a milieu of streets, alleys, and neigboring lots and reports"... the dwelling house and lot of the former privileged Brandenburgers in the village of Charlotte Amalie were up for bids at public, auction by arrangement of the Government.5 - The exclusion of any mention of Bordeaux Bay in the Probate Court proceedings indicates it was considered part of Bordeaux's private estate. A third objection is that the evidence of a plantation at Bordeaux Bay dates only to a Danish West India Company map of St. Thomas done in 1730, fifteen years after the demise of the Brandenburgers' St. Thomas ope­ ration. The 1719 Erick Bredal/Gerard vanKeulen map, done four years after the departure of the Brandenburgers, notes Bordeaux and neighboring Klein Bordeaux Bay (modern Stumpy Bay) but show no development or plantation on that part of the island. Iwestergaard pp. 74 - 85 2Bronsted p. 80, Knox p. 62 and Svensson p. 19. ^McGuire p. 170 4Baa, Enid M. "The Brandenburgers at St. Thomas or the Bordeaux Plantation 1685 - 1774" ^Thomas Bordeaux's closed dealing of November 2, 1.739 reprinted in Baa p. 34 - 49. Form No 10 300a (Rev. 10-74» UNITED STATLS DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FORNPSUSE ONLY RECEIVED DATE ENTERED ' CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 The 1730 map labels Bordeaux plantation as "Brandenburgische Governeur Bordeaux Plantage "(Brandenburg Governor Bor^deaux's Plantation).® This has led some to infer, despite the maps date, that this was the head­ quarters of the Brandenburg Company. If this had been the case the label would have read "Brandenburgische Compagniet Plantage" (Brandenburg Company Plantation). It is a far safer assumption that Bordeaux Bay Estate was the pribate plantation of former Brandenburg Governor Bordeaux. Little is known about the founder of Bordeaux Bay Estate except that he was one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in early 18th century St. Thomas, Except for the 1772 Steveboe de Montagues map of St. Thomas^which shows an unnamed plantation at Bordeaux Bay, but curiously labels the plan-, tation at neighboring Klein Bordeaux Bay as "Bordeaux Bay and Plantage," a gap exists in our knowledge of the Estate until 1822. In that year the Royal Loan Commission sold the Estate " with all belongings" to William Punnett. Ten years later he sold it to Mr James Kennedy for $36,000. In­ cluded were 26 mules and 124 slaves (35 men, 45 women, 21 boys, 23 girls). This indicated that Bordeaux Bay was not only an active,sugar estate but a very extensive one at a time when only a handful of sugar plantations re­ mained in operation in St. Thomas. In January of 1844 after Kennedy's death an auction of the estate brought only $10,000 from Mr. Kiellerup. The sharp decline in value may reflect its' suspension as an active sugar plantation with a valuable stock of slaves. A little over a year later it was resold to William Hansen. On March 25, 1854 Hansen sold it to Rasmus Wilhelm Rasmussen. It remained within the Rasmussen family until March 30, 1955 .when, with the exception of 4 acres now owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Li Maduro,. it was purchased by the Virgin Island Land Authority. 6st. Thomas Public Library Map Collection' GPO 692 455 Form No 10 300a (Rev 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPSUSE ONLY RECEIVED /O—rO-7% < ■ ■■: 1 B?8 DATE ENTERED CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 Baa, Enid M. "The Brandenburgers at St. Thomas or the Bordeaux Plantation 1685-1373St. Thomas public Library. March 1978 Bronsted, Johannes (Editor). Vore Gamle Trope Kolonier) Vol. II; Dansk Vestindien. Copenhagen: 1753. Gudny Pedersen Trans­ lation; St. Thomas Public Library. Knox, John P. A Historical Account of St. Thomas, D.W.I. New York: 1852 St. Thomas Public Library Map Collection. Svensson, Ole. Three Towns; Copenhagen; Department of town Plan­ ning, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. ‘ Westergaard, Waldemar. The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule, 1671 - 1754 New York; 1917. JUL 1 i 1978 ■g? MU-i. fv K^suruete ^acn^iiUXM. ^<ce£<r 6evf=cv -7 OF fTflSeete. COOK UOt^jE- tiecB&cc. <::4‘5>reiCK^ ^Ukue c^jAiencc©. t ’ vjeeru _a. 0,^,^, \, ^\J\i26>IU l*5lAM35>R^(J»OI»OCr 4 Property State VX Working Number TECHNICA Photos__ ^ Maps __L \ CW^OL r/7.9^ / / .'■ / ai a. ^ ■5^ 5££^ c^o/y>/7Je^s^ CA/ /9Tr/fCfY£J:> Bu^B /JI^ ^v?/ - m^Y ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN JjtCHAA^ J . 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'/^ I/Ol, ^ jt^y'i^c^/j^J'r^’f'l^^b X^ i/Jt. ^#».'VA<. 0t'*'^<j^ AyCrv^e^ ^*^1 0~vCtla^ru^^-£^ <\yuC*-~ ■^-^-e- ^-y\^ t>^n/C£ Xc a--^ „£Ctie^ -Syy'/^ >i> .A2^«-e<...-,,vfe-,^,.V^ /^~2-Xfr H) ^ i.r L, *<»-' c%^ ^fnyrCtZ-.y^t.'eu^ ytXti/LX^ c^ >4t»^ <a_ A<»-- yk-<_^ drz-u^yyu.^ ^4Lc_ ^ ^.£iTZ^ a..0^^iy*/,u^2y^ 7 ♦-W oc-<ze. —^ FIELD REPORT /' / Office of Archeoloq^ and Historic Preservation Project: /' / Contact: ^ Address: / Phone: Report: ^ Date: r c r ■ 2. i\T^ 5 ■yr^ J^Cce/^7 ^ / //_3--7g' FIELD REPORT Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Project: Contact: Address: Phone: Report: Date: WASO-166 (August 1971) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE y-3-1% TELEPHONE REPORT ___________________________ 1!------------------------------------- TIME OF CALL <Pi> 1. CALL TO; Q] FROM (Kaaie) 2. ADDRESS (Tet, Noa if needed) /73o S. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO.. ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION J7!/fP /P- process /hr ilF f-hi.-n Ip— y/e/-^ «-v>^ ?■ A)0 NAME OF PERSON PL ACING/RECEI VING CALL George B. Hartzog, Jr. Philip Lader Thomas W. Richards Hartzog, Lader & Richards Professional Services in Recreation, Conservation, and Development P. 0. Box 6141 Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29928 (803) 785-2984 October 5, 1978 Mr. Joseph Towner U. S. Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register for Historic Places Washington, DC 20240 Dear Joe: Enclosed is a photograph of the interior of Friedenstahl Mission, as you requested. Also enclosed is a revised Significance state­ ment for the nomination previously submitted for Estate Bordeatjx. With best wishes. Sincerely, O Thomas W. Richards TWRrcif Enclosures (2) 1400 North Uhle Street Arlington, Virginia 22201 5680 Grove St. South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 ..ulSItli OF HISTORIC PUCES da:: ^ OCT 6 ]g7Q D/.l.; . L initials ' r REPORT Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Project: Address:_____________________________Phone: /hrcit^ Date: //-'3^7i^ ’/uc/AS'' -M-6-^ai^ ^ u<u /J/LAAi^j 4 JJc^ 4 ^ /urm . AA^Atf, a Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Contact: Address: Phone: Report: Date ; ^ AJo7~i^ ^ /^/. —- H A ^ ^ ^ 4 LJjUJ^ ^ mi i'-m ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER VIRCIW ISLAimS— Date Entered S^OV 1 5 1978 Estate Bordeaux Also Notified Honorable Ron De Lugo NR Byers 11/22/78 Location Charlotte Amalie vicinity St. Thomas Island State Historic Preservation Officer Mr. Thomas Blake Planning Director Virgin Islands Planning Board Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00801 i NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 1)NAME as it appears on federal register; Estate Bordeaux OTHER NAMES: ite of entry; fa', I.OCATION st reet & number (^rdeauxBa^ cv r. a city / town vicinity of state county (^NPS REGION Charlotte Amalie V.I. 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MW. ^CONDITION □ excellent □ good □ fair □ deteriorated □ ruins □ unexposed □ unexoavated □ altered Doriginal site □ unaltered □moved □ reconstructed □unknown □ excavated .3086 14.6 if state who prepaied form? □ local GPRIVATE ORGAEIZATIDN @£eatures; ^GSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 k°5»BSTANIIAELY INTACT-2 wnsUBSTAHTIALLY INTACT■ 3 2 GnOT INTACT-0 9g NOT INTACT-O "□UNKMOWN-4 “GUNKNOiN-S >OUNKN0WM-6 2G NOT APPLICABLE-7 20NOT APPLICABLE-8 2 □ NOT APPLICABLE - 9 OGNOT INTACT -O E (^ACCESS □vES-Restricted G -Unrestricted G No Access GUnhnown (©(ADAPTIVE USE GUS GNO ^ SAVED? DYES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC Dl STRICT? □ yes Doo @AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : □ ARCHEOLOGY-piehistoric-2 G COMMERCE-6 □ ARCHEOLOGY-histonc-1 □ AGRICULTURE-3 G ARCHITECTURE-4 □ ART-5 G COMMUNICATIONS-? □ CONSERVATION-B □ ECONOMICS-9 □ EDUCATION-10 □ ENGINEERING-11 □ ENTERTAINMENT-26 □ EXPLORATION -12 □ HEAlTH-27 □ INDUSTRY-13 □ INVENTION-14 □ LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 □ LAW-16 □ LITERATURE-17 □ MILITARY- 18 □ MUSIC- 19 □ PHIlOSOPHY-20 □ P0LITICS/G0VT.-21 GRECREATION -28 □ SEllGION-22 □ SETTLEMENT-29 □ SCIENCE- 23 □ URBAN PLANNING-31 □ SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 □ OTHER (SPECIFY) □ SOCIAL /CULTURAL-30 ______________ □ TRANSPORTATION-25 _______ ^CLAIMS , explain ^first’ □ ‘ oldest’ □ ‘only’ □ ^functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CURRENTLY: ^dates of initial construction: major alterations: historic events: 1 ETHNIC GROUP ' ASSOCIATION ^architectural style(s); ^architect: ^^master builder: ^engineer: ^landscape architect / garden designer: ^interior decorator; ^ artist: partisan: ^buiIder/oontractor: ^NAMES give role & date ^personal: events; institutional: ^NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP reviewers initials. .date. 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