West St Croix - Estate Whim Plantation House Museum

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Estate Whim Plantation House Museum Description

The Estate Whim Plantation Museum is one of St Croix's premium attractions reflecting the glory days of the sugar cane industry. Built in the 1790s, the estate originally stood on 150ac/61ha of land and was built in the neoclassical architectural style.

At the heart of the museum grounds stands the fully restored and furnished great house that is built from coral, limestone and rubble walls bonded with molasses mortar. The house is 95ft/29m in length and 35ft/11m in width.

The museum grounds feature steam engines, wind and animal mills, a bathhouse and cookhouse, caretaker's cottage and slave quarters. Other buildings function as the museum shop and exhibit galleries.

Also on the grounds is the tombstone of

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Hobbies & Activities category: Industrial attraction, factory museum; Manor or country house; National Register of Buildings

Address

Estate Whim Plantation Museum
52 Estate Whim
Frederiksted, St Croix 00840
United States Virgin Islands

Hours

November 1 to April 30

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	Closed
Closed	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

May 1 to October 31

Open	10:00	Closed	10:00	Closed	10:00	10:00	Closed
Closed	15:00		15:00		15:00	15:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Epiphany (3 Kings' Day ) - Christian (January 6) Martin Luther King's Birthday - USA (3rd Monday, January) President's Day - USA (3rd Monday, February) Transfer Day - US Virgin Islands (March 31) Maundy (Holy) Thursday - Christian Good Friday - Christian Easter Monday - Christian Memorial Day - USA (Last Monday, May) Organic Act Day - US Virgin Islands (3rd Monday, June) American Independance Day (July 4) Hurricane Supplication Day - US Virgin Islands (4th Monday, July) Emancipation Day - US Virgin Islands (July 3) Labor Day - USA (1st Monday, September) Columbus Day/Puerto Rican Friendship Day - US Virgin Islands (2nd Monday, October) Local Thanksgiving Day - US Virgin Islands (3rd Monday, October) Liberty Day - US Virgin Islands (November 1) Veteran's Day - USA (November 11) Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)