Whim, U.S. Virgin Islands
Whim, United States Virgin Islands | |
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Village | |
Old windmill at Whim Plantation | |
Interactive map of Whim, United States Virgin Islands | |
| Country | United States Virgin Islands |
| Island | Saint Croix |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
Whim | |
| Location | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of Frederiksted on Centerline Road, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Coordinates | 17°42′8″N 64°51′49″W / 17.70222°N 64.86361°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1794 |
| Architect | Mac Evoy, Christopher, Jr. |
| Architectural style | Danish neo-classicism |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001858[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 1976 |
Whim is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of Frederiksted on Centerline Road on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included three contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures, on 10 acres (4.0 ha).[1]
The estate's Great House was built in about 1794 by Christopher Mac Evoy, Jr., is about "90 by 35 feet (27 m × 11 m) in plan, and is unusual for its "curved ends and complex exterior articulation". The site has steam engines and other features besides original buildings.[2]
It includes Danish neo-classicism architecture.[2]
History
The town is located at the site of Estate Whim, a large sugarcane plantation, sugar mill, and rum distillery during the colonial Danish West Indies era. The Whin estate was in the 18th century owned first by Christopher MacEvoy Sr. and later by his son Christopher MacEvoy Jr. The stone ruins are on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
- Sugar production in the Danish West Indies
- Sugar plantations in the Caribbean
- National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Virgin Islands
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Samuel N. Stokes, Russell Wright, Margaret Proskauer, and Annie Hillary (May 20, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whim". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With four photos from 1976.
External links
Media related to Estate Whim at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whim, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Historic American Engineering Record documentation, filed under Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI:
- HAER No. VI-5-C, "Estate Whim, Overhead Crank Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Westend Quarter", 7 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. VI-5-D, "Estate Whim, Horizontal Steam Engine", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. VI-5-E, "Estate Whim, Rum Still", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. VI-5-F, "Estate Whim, Horse Mill", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. VI-5-G, "Estate Whim, Wind Mill", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page