Historic Structures Report, Part I, Historical Data: Reef Bay ("Par Force") Estate House and Sugar Factory
Hatch CE. 1969. Historic Structures Report, Part I, Historical Data: Reef Bay ("Par Force") Estate House and Sugar Factory. Historic Structure Report. Office of History and Historic Architecture: Eastern Service Center
The content of this report deals with both the "Par Force" (Reef Bay) Estate Great House and the Reef Bay Sugar Factory since they are so closely related in story, in function, and in interpretive purpose and use. Together they illustrate the principal economic factor - sugar production - in two centuries of St. John Island history. Also, the nature of the records and material point to this joint treatment. This study was prompted by Resources Study Proposal VI-H-1 and, taken together with the reports by Resident Architect Frederick C. Gjessing, is offered as a fulfillment of it. The report follows an on-site examination and inspection made during a study trip to the Virgin Islands on May 20-28, 1969, at which time there was every assistance from Mr. Gjessing, the Park staff, and officials of the Public Library of St. Thomas, where there is a very useful Virgin Islands collection. Thanks go to Mrs. Francis R. McLawhorn of Colonial National Historical Park for converting the rough draft of this report into usable, typed draft and to Liliane M. Lykes for putting it into its final typed form.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hatch, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1969-06-01
- Units
- VIIS
- Keywords
- architectural evaluation, historical data, Site Development, site inspection, structural record
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 009128: Factory (Reef Bay Estate) , CRIS-HS: 001365: Reef Bay Great House