Tutu Plantation House
Tutu Plantation House is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Tutu Plantation House
Location3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°20′23″N 64°53′09″W / 18.33972°N 64.88583°W / 18.33972; -64.88583
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1803
NRHP reference No.76001867[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1976

Tutu Plantation House in the Tutu subdistrict of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1813. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included two contributing buildings.[1]

It was deemed significant as one of few plantation greathouses surviving on St. Thomas. It is a two-story 40 by 32 feet (12.2 m × 9.8 m) building with a hipped roof. Its interior has Greek Revival trim dating from 20 to 30 years after the house's construction, which was perhaps in about 1803.[2]

The word tutu, in Danish, means a trumpet-like conch shell which was used to call the slaves to work.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Samuel N. Stokes, Russell Wright, Margaret Proskauer, and Annie Hillary (May 17, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tutu Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With photo from 1976.
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