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Whim, U.S. Virgin Islands

Whim is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located about southeast of Frederiksted on Centerline Road on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included three contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures, on .

The estate's Great House was built in about 1794 by Christopher Mac Evoy, Jr., is about " in plan, and is unusual for its "curved ends and complex exterior articulation". The site has steam engines and other features besides original buildings.

It includes Danish neo-classicism architecture.

History

The town is located at the site of Estate Whim, a large sugarcane plantation, sugar mill, and rum distillery during the colonial Danish West Indies era. The Whin estate was in the 18th century owned first by Christopher MacEvoy Sr. and later by his son Christopher MacEvoy Jr. The stone ruins are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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