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CLASSIFIED STRUCTUREL FIELD" INVENTORY REPORT JUL 23 1981 Appendix B, Historic District ' ' :' ' k PS ORGANIZATION REGION Southeast PARK/AREA NAME Virgin Islands Nat'1 Park CODE NO. 5360__ STRUCTURE NAME Trunk Bay Sugar Factory ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National || STRUCTURE NO. H-2 State | | Local [ x[ STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Trunk Bay Sugar Factory is significant as an example of the small and late sugar ^production facilities that in spite of falling sugar prices were able to operate successfully well into the 19th century. It dates from the period 1780 - 1800. LOCATION OF STRUCTURE: On landside of North Shore Rd opposite entrance to Trunk Bay _______________________________ : _________________________________ Re&cn UTM REFERENCE: I I I I 1 I CLASS VI 'LANI) ACREAGE /if not A | j _ I | _ | _ | _ I I | J j I _ I _ 1 . I I ( I part of a complex or district: -- Zone Easting Northing acres. There are no UTM references on any published map of the U.S. Virgin Islands. VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The boundaries of Trunk Bay Factory site follows a line running West-East from the point on the south side of Northshore Road after it has reached the flat area of Trunk Bay Valley to the line's intersection with the road and then follows the south side of the road-in-a-northerly and westerly direction to the starting point. The boundaries are de- ^defined to_include all parts of the historical resource that is set in a protected-area. STRUCTURE; Type of, and composition: Rubble and brick masonry structure in the shape of a "T"._____________ _____________________________ Physical Description; The stem of the "T" runs north and srmfh p-nH 26x28 feet. The head of the "T" measures 49x22 feet. The stem is one story and . _ contained'the boiling bench and along the exterior -wpst -wall a firing trench. The head of the "T" stands at a lo\ver elevation with a ground floor one full story below the boiling room. It is at grade level to the south and -west. Tt is HiviHpH 'i-n t\vn sections by a masonry wall and contained the curing and -storage rooms of the __ factory. O~HiD^lly both \vinas nf tTif* buildin "had a \vnnH frampd' ablf* i-nnf p-nri the head of the "T" a second floor supported on -wood beams. AH \vonden have djsappeared-and the rhasonrv -walls stand to their full beipbt except for tbe center section of the east \vall of the "T", The sugar factory was built bet-ween 1780 and 1800. It does not have any architectural decoration of any kind. The factory site and the factory are a good illustration of a small and late sugar pro"^" duction factilities constructed at the end of the Virgin Islands period of prosperity. In spite of falling prices it was able to hold on until -well into the I 9tb century. Thrman stylplpss the building pyhibits srmnd and advanrpd building prartirps for fKo Virgin Islands. _____________________________________________ __________ Latitude 18°21 I 13" Longitude 64 46*04 ^continue on reverse if necessary^ PRESENT CONDITION: Ruins | xl Excellent j Unaltered [_xj _J Good Altered Fair | __ | Deteriorated] _ 1 Original Site | x] Moved | | r~ ••'«*. . ^-AS fe»£ fc >%>•' " *>!-.%' v Historic Name:. Trunk Bay Common Name: Trunk Bay Factory (tg^g- .. Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John, Virgin Islands Photo credit F.C. Gjessing Date of photo July, 1972 Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park Storage wing of Trunk Bay Factory viewed from the southwest.