Anglican Church HABS No.    VI-21 
27 King St. 
Christiansted H^\^b 
St.  Croix Island vi 
Virgin Islands , 
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PHOTOGRAPHS 
WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA 
Historic American Buildings Survey 
National Park Service 
Department of the Interior 
Washington, D.C. 20240 
Form   10-920 
(June 1983) 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
ARCHITECTURAL DATA FORM 
V( 
Territory 
Virgin  Islands 
COUNTY 
St.   Thomas  Island 
TOWN OR VICINITY 
Christiansted 
HISTORIC NAME OF STRUCTURE (INCLUDE SOURCE FOR NAME) 
Anglican  Church 
HABS NO. 
VI-21 
SECONDARY OR COMMON NAMES OF STRUCTURE 
COMPLETE ADDRESS (DESCRIBE LOCATION FOR RURAL SITES) 
27  King St. 
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE SOURCE) 
1849 
ARCHITECT(S) (INCLUDE SOURCE) 
SIGNIFICANCE (ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDE ORIGINAL USE OF STRUCTURE) 
The English Gothic Revival details of this church distinguish it in appearance 
from the Danish and Moravian churches of the island 
STYLE (IF APPROPRIATE) 
 English Gothic Revival 
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS) 
Limestone and brick 
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HAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURE (SKETCHED FLOOR PLANS ON SEPARATE PAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE) 
Cruciform 
EXTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE 
Pointed arched windows  and doors,  three-step triangular applied  buttress piers, 
molded brick parapets with crenellations,  and pinnacles with crockets  at the 
gable ends,  tower in  the center of the street facade 
INTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE (DESCRIBE FLOOR PLANS, IF NOT SKETCHED) 
MAJOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH DATES 
Restored after  fire  in  1868 
PRESENT CONDITION AND USE 
OTHER INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE 
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION (INCLUDING LISTING ON NATIONAL REGISTER, STATE REGISTERS, ETC.) 
National   Register of  Historic  Places 
COMPILER, AFFILIATION 
Jack Barker, Jr. HABS Historian 
DATE 
July 15, 1983