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17°43′04″N 64°47′33″W / 17.717639°N 64.7925°W / 17.717639; -64.7925
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Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District
Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District
Nearest city Christiansted, Virgin Islands
Coordinates 17°43′04″N 64°47′33″W / 17.717639°N 64.7925°W / 17.717639; -64.7925
Area34 acres (14 ha)
NRHP reference  No. 87001932 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1988

The Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District, in King's Quarter, in Southcentral, in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is also known as Estate Bethlehem Middle Works and as Bethlehem Middle Works. It is a 34 acres (14 ha) historic district which included 26 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and four contributing sites.

It was the works of a sugar plantation, and it includes remains of an overseer's house (c.1820), a windmill, an animal mill site, a steam factory site, site of an original slave village, later workers' quarters, a raised cistern, an animal pen, stables, and a greathouse. [2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Betty Ausherman, William Chapman, and Claudette Lewis (November 16, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District / Estate Bethlehem Middle Works / Bethlehem Middle Works". National Park Service.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) With 20 photos from 1983.