Lind Point Fort
Appearance
Lind Point Fort | |
Location | Northwest of Cruz Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Coordinates | 18°20′12″N 64°47′52″W / 18.33667°N 64.79778°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1807 |
MPS | Virgin Islands National Park MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 81000085[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 23, 1981 |
Lind Point Fort, located northwest of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
It was built by the British as a battery site, commanding Cruz Bay, during the Napoleonic Wars. The site includes a semi-circular earthwork ruin. It is protected within a National Park.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Classified Structure Field Inventory Report: Lind Point Fort". National Park Service. 1981. Retrieved June 1, 2017. With photos.
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