Christiansted National Historic Site • Virgin Islands

view of the front steps of the Customs House

View of the interior courtyard and stairs to the quarters of the fort's Commandant.

view of the Steeple Building from the street corner.

Ca. 1815 painting of activity at the wharf in Christiansted, St. Croix.

Christiansted National Historic Site was established in 1952 as the first unit of the National Park Service in the Virgin Islands of the United States. Covering over seven acres the park tells the stories about Danish economy and ways of life, and the interactions of people in Europe, Africa, West Indies, and North America during the Danish era of occupation of the Virgin Islands (1734-1917).

Fort Christiansvaern, the Danish Customs House, Scale House, Danish West Inda and Guinea Co Warehouse and Steeple Building make up Christiansted NHS
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A customs house has stood on this spot since the 1730s. The current building was finished in the 1842.
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Fort Christiansvaern served as the residence for the Danish colony's Governor, then for the fort's Commandant and his family.
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First known as the Church of Our Lord of Zebaoth, the church was completed in 1751, and consecrated in 1753. The steeple tower was built 1793-1796.
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