New Herrnhut Moravian Church
National Register of Historic Places

New Herrnhut Moravian Church

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas County, U.S. Virgin Islands
Listed
October 7, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
76001866

About this property

New Herrnhut Moravian Church is a historic Moravian church in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Moravians, a Protestant religious group based in the town of Herrnhut in Saxony, began missionary work in 1732 in St. Thomas and were the first Protestants to begin missionary work among slaves and free Blacks in the Danish West Indies. Missionary work on St. Thomas was initially opposed by planters who didn't want slaves to receive education or religious instruction. The Moravians purchased the New Herrnhut site (then Bazuinenberg or (in German:) Posaunenberg) in 1738 and established it as the Brethren's Plantation or the 's Heeren Tutu, until renaming it New Herrnhut in 1753. The hurricane of 1867 destroyed much of the then-working plantation, but the church and bell tower survived. The church, which is still in use, is a one-story building made of plaster and rubble, with a hipped roof and semi-elliptical arched windows and doors. This church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas County, U.S. Virgin Islands
18.33469, -64.90157

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When was New Herrnhut Moravian Church listed on the National Register?

New Herrnhut Moravian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 7, 1976.

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New Herrnhut Moravian Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for New Herrnhut Moravian Church is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1732.

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