Sion Hill Estate, Stable Queen's Quarter St. Croix Virgin Islands HABS No. VI-64 E vr \ ~ Qu^si \t. PHOTOGRAPHS WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA Historic American Buildings Survey National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 Hf\e&> Form 10-920 (June 1983) + UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ARCHITECTURAL DATA FORM STATE Virgin Islands COUNTY St. Croix TOWN OR VICINITY Queen's Quarter HISTORIC NAME OF STRUCTURE (INCLUDE SOURCE FOR NAME) Sion Hill Estate, Stable HABS NO. VT-64 E SECONDARY OR COMMON NAMESOF STRUCTURE COMPLETE ADDRESS (DESCRIBE LOCATION FOR RURAL SITES) DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE SOURCE) 18 th century ARCHITECTS) (INCLUDESOURCE) SIGNIFICANCE (ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDE ORIGINAL USE OF STRUCTURE) STYLE (IFAPPROPRIATE) MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS} Limestone blocks SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURE (SKETCHED FLOOR PLANS ON SEPARATE PAGES ARE ACCEPTABLE) approx. 96' x 16' EXTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE Five arched openings on south, piers on bases; end walls are solid but rear of north wall is pierced by long narrow windows; three arched openings in west wall, bell in middle one. INTERIOR FEATURES OF NOTE (DESCRIBE FLOOR PLANS, IF NOT SKETCHED) MAJOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH DATES Half of the stable wing has been converted into a guest house. PRESENT CONDITION AND USE OTHER INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE JfcsOURCES 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