Although established after 1780, the cotton-cultivating Hermitage Plantation
possessed numerous plantation buildings by 1800. The structures of Hermitage
Plantation Historic District are clustered along the north side of Borck
Creek, one of Coral Bay's several inlets. By the mid-19th century, the
plantation had been converted into a cattle farm, which is what it remained
into the 20th century.
Hermitage Plantation Historic District is accessible from the Brown Bay Trail and the East End Rd. west of the plantation
site, on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. A road from the Coral Bay settlement leading to the East End Village
passes below the plantation site.
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