Jossie Gut Historic District

The Jossie Gut Historic District, in Reef Bay Valley / Reef Bay, Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The listing included two contributing structures and four contributing sites.[1]

Jossie Gut Historic District
Nearest cityReef Bay, Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°20′32″N 64°44′25″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
MPSVirgin Islands National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.81000086[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1981

It was a sugar plantation and factory owned and operated from 1820 to his death in 1862 by Hans Henrik Berg or Hans Hendrik Berg.[2]

Hans Hendrik Berg was Governor of St. Thomas, St. John in 1848 and again in 1853–1862.

It is included in Virgin Islands National Park. It is located west of Coral Bay off Center Line Road, in the Central area of the park.

Other names: H-14,5;H-14,6;H-14,4;H-14,3;H-14,1;H-14,2;NR Control Nos. PH

Historic function: Industry/processing/extraction; Agriculture/subsistence; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Processing; Animal Facility; Manufacturing Facility; Extractive Facility Criteria: event, information potential

It includes remains of a horsemill.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jossie Gut Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 9, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1975
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