Estate Brewers Bay

The Estate Brewers Bay, located near the University of the Virgin Islands and John Brewers Bay Beach about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic sugar plantation which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Estate Brewers Bay
Brewers Bay Sugar Factory
Estate Brewers Bay is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Estate Brewers Bay
Nearest cityCharlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°20′50″N 64°58′47″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1856
NRHP reference No.78002727[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 1978

Surviving on the site, at least as of 1977, are the ruins of a sugar factory, later adapted as a residence, and of an animal-powered mill.[2]

The first records of ownership are in 1855; it appeared on a map in 1856.[2]

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