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L'Esperance Historic District

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It was a prime plantation area, for agricultural purposes, due to the quality of its soil, its permanent spring as a water supply, and its relatively high precipitation. In a compact area the plantation had numerous buildings including two
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It was deemed architecturally notable for the high quality of workmanship observable in its Great House and in its service buildings' "masonry as well as the use of volcanic
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands
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as a building material. This exotic material to the Virgin Islands was probably imported from the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Saint John, United States Virgin Islands
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
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United States Virgin Islands Registered Historic Place stubs
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Sugar plantations in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
L'Esperance Historic District is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Reef Bay, Virgin Islands
18°20′33″N 64°45′30″W / 18.34250°N 64.75833°W / 18.34250; -64.75833 (L'Esperance Historic District)
MPS
Virgin Islands National Park MRA
81000699
Saint John
U.S. Virgin Islands
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
Virgin Islands National Park
contributing structures
contributing sites
horsemills
cistern
great house
sandstone
Leeward Islands


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: L'Esperance Historic District/ NR Control Nos. PH050865;0531778760;05177867;053177911"
National Park Service
accompanying four photos from 1973

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