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- Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI
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- Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI
Description
Danish West Indies and Guinea Company; Toschi, Don, photographer; Overby, Osmund R, historian; Gjessing, Frederik C, historian; Gardner, Philip E, historian
Depicted place Virgin Islands (US); St. Thomas; Charlotte Amalie
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS VI,3-CHAM,7-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th century, and the subject of many local legends to this day.
  • Survey number: HABS VI-16
  • Building/structure dates: 1688-1689 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1859 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/vi0029.photos.167043p
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