Fort Frederik

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name =Fort Frederik
nhl = yes


caption =
location= South of junction of Mahogany Road and VI 631, Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands
lat_degrees = 17
lat_minutes = 43
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 64
long_minutes = 53
long_seconds = 1
long_direction = W
locmapin =
area = convert|2|acre|m2
built =1848
architect=
architecture= Colonial, Other
designated_nhl= September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1538283649&ResourceType=Building
title=Fort Frederik |accessdate=2008-06-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=97001269

Fort Frederik, also known as Frederiksfort, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands. It was built between 1752 and 1760 by Denmark.

It was listed as a contributing property in the Frederiksted Historic District in 1976. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It was further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/97001269.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fort Frederik (U.S. Virgin Islands / Frederiksfort] |32 KB|date=June 19, 1996 |author=Mark R. Barnes |publisher=National Park Service]

It is located at the north end of Frederiksted, south of the junction of Mahogany Road and VI 631.

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.vi0002 Frederiks Fort, Fortberg Hill, Coral Bay, St. John County, VI: 6 photos, 3 drawings] , at Historic American Building Survey