Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins

Infobox nrhp
name =Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm
nrhp_type =


caption = Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins;
nearest city= Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
lat degrees = 18
lat minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 48
lat direction = N
long degrees = 64
long minutes = 45
long seconds = 41
long direction = W
locmapin =
area =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = March 30, 1978
governing_body = National Park Service
mpsub=Virgin Islands National Park MRA (AD)
refnum=78000270cite 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]

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins is an historic site located in the Virgin Islands National Park, east of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ruins are an example of an 18th century sugar and rum factory.

History

A sugar plantation from the 18th to the 19th centuries, the farm eventually became land for grazing cattle.

In 1733 one of the first significant slave rebellions in the New World took place on Saint John when African slaves took over the island for six months. During the slave revolt, the farm was the headquarters of the Amina warriors.

Today the sugar mill ruins are located in a protected area in the Virgin Islands National Park. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1978.

Architecture

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins are an example of an 18th century sugar and rum factory.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/prvi/pr34.htm Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm entry at National Park Service web site.]