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Sion Hill Estate, Mill HABS No. VI-64 C 
Queen's Quarter 
St. Croix m^i5 
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 
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Form 10-920 
(Jura 1983) 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
ARCHITECTURAL DATA FORM 
G?\A£t>5 
STATE 
Virgin Islands 
COUNTY 
St.  Croix 
TOWN OR VICINITY 
Queen's Quarter 
HISTORIC NAME OF STRUCTURE (INCLUDE SOURCE FOR NAME) 
.Sion Hill Estate,  Mill 
HABS NO. 
VI-64  C 
SECONDARY OR COMMON NAMES OF STRUCTURE 
COMPLETE ADDRESS (DESCRIBE LOCATION FOR RURAL SITES) 
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE SOURCE) 
1757   (per datestone) 
ARCHITECT^} (INCLUDESOURCE) 
SIGNIFICANCE (ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDE ORIGINAL USE OF STRUCTURE) 
Typical of numerous conical mill bases that dot the hills of St.  Croix. 
STYLE (IFAPPROPRIATE) 
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDESTRUCTURAL SYSTEMS) 
Limestone blocks   (load-bearing) 
SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURE (SKETCHED FLOOR PLANS ON SEPARATE PAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE) 
Conical in shape 
EXTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE 
Three openings,  all round-arched; main entrance on west,  approx.   7I-6" x 6'-6"; high 
opening on south approx 3'  x 14'; small opening north of doorway, approx,  31  x 4'. 
Belt course approx.  6' below topi. No roof. 
INTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE (DESCRIBE FLOOR PLANS, IF NOT SKETCHED) 
The top 6'  all around is marked by vertical slots.    No remains of structural timbers 
or machinery. 
MAJOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH DATES 
PRESENT CONDITION AND USE 
OTHER INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE 
Keystone over main entrance,  "Bradshaw 1757." 
^ | SOURCES OF INFORMATION (INCLUDING LISTING ON NATIONAL REGISTER, STATE REGISTERS, ETC.) 
Field notes by J. Michael Everett, June,  1960. 
COMPILER, AFFILIATION 
Alison K.  Hoagland,  HABS 
DATE 
November, 1984 
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