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Estate Contant, Windmill, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

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Estate Contant, Windmill, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

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Significance: The "cornerstone" of the windmill of Estate Contant was laid by Governor General of the Danish West Indies Kamerherre Ernst Frederik von Waltersdorff in 1790. Architecturally the most elaborate of the windmills in St. Thomas, it was converted to a residence in the 1940's and is now part of a night club.
Survey number: HABS VI-149
Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1940
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
von Waltersdorff, Ernst Frederik
Milner, John D, delineator
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