Hendricks' Butchery 
Market Street (Company and Queen 
Streets vie.) 
Ghristiansted 
St. Croix 
Virgin Islands 
HABS No. VI-25 
PHOTOGRAPHS 
WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA 
Historic American Buildings Survey 
National Park Service 
Department of the Interior 
Washington, DC  20013-7127 
Form 10-920 
(June 1983) 
UNiTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
ARCHITECTURAL DATA FORM 
5: 
STATE 
Virgin   Islands 
COUNTY 
St.   Croix 
TOWN OR VICINITY 
St.   Croix 
HISTORIC NAME OF STRUCTURE (INCLUDE SOURCE FOR NAME) 
Hendrieks'   Butchery 
HA8S NO. 
VI-25 
SECONDARY OR COMMON NAMES OF STRUCTURE 
COMPLETE ADDRESS (DESCRIBE LOCATION FOR RURAL SITES) 
Market   Sq.   between   Company   and   Queen   Sts.<Reor   of   8A-B   Company   St.) 
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDESOURCE) 
Unknown 
ARCHITECT(S) (INCLUDESOURCE) 
Unknown 
SIGNIFICANCE (ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDE ORIGINAL USE OF STRUCTURE) 
This   modest building  has  one  of  the  few  remaining  tiled   roofs  on   the 
island. 
STYLE (IFAPPROPRIATE) 
vernacular 
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS) 
A  brick  vaulted  base,   which   extends   under   the   drive  to   the  NH,   rests 
n  a   yet   undetermined   foundation,   walls  are   brick   <Cont'd  on  page  2) 
"WS 
APE AND DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURE (SKETCHED FLOOR PLANS ON SEPARATE PAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE) 
Rectangular  in   plan,   measuring  approx.   20'   x   14',   one   story 
EXTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE 
The  stuccoed  exterior  walls   are  painted  red  ochre.   The  front   and   rear 
doorways  have  two  wing  shutters,   one   ply  thick  with   simple  bracing; 
two  windows,   a  single  wooden  2-ply front  window     <Cont'd  on  page  2) 
INTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE (DESCRIBE FLOOR PLANS, IF NOT SKETCHED) 
The  interior   is  divided   into  two  areas,   the  entry  and   the  "cage"-     The 
cage  i3   partitioned  by  wooden  frame   and  screen  walls,   within   which  the 
butcher   works.      The   interior   walls   are   plastered   (Cont'd   on   page   2) 
MAJOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH DATES 
PRESENT CONDITION AND USE 
The   building   is   xn   fair   condition,   the   walls   have   he&n   repointed   and 
restuccoed. 
OTHER INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE 
ihe   butchery   stands   in   tne   £ corner   of   the   lot,   which   measures   about 
45'    x   25'. 
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URCES OF INFORMATION (INCLUDING LISTING ON NATIONAL REGISTER, STATE REGISTERS, ETC.) 
COMPILER, AFFILIATION 
Canpiled by: Michael Everett,  June 1960 
Edited by Jack Barker, HABS Historian 
DATE 
June 18, 1984 
Hendricks' 3utchery 
KABS MO.  VI-25 
(PAGE 2) 
Material ox conat.ruct.ion; 
(Cont'd) -and  rubble masonry.  The and walls stand on a brick barrel 
vault, which spans a stream, and extend up into the gable. 
Exterior features of note; 
(Cont'd) and one with two-wing shutters, also 2-ply on the NW side. 
The front window is recessed 2 inches-  On the rear wall there is a 
door-size rectangular panel recessed into the stucco.  The roof is 
constructed of simple wooden rafters resting on a wooden plate. 
The rafters are covered with wooden sheathing boards, over which 
terracotta Danish wing tiles are laid. 
Interior features of note: 
(Cont'd) and painted a cream color.  the floors are 12"-wide wooden 
boards that run the full length of the room. In the entry the ceiling 
is hung under the tie rafters at the plate line. 
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