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TITLE:
Moravian Parsonage, Friedensfeld, St. Croix County, VI

CALL NUMBER:
HABS VI,1-FRIE,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 2   (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Barker, Jack, historian
Gjessing, Frederik C., historian
Henle, Fritz, photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HABS VI-58

Significance: The original design is not known. The wood second story appears to be an early replacement of the original wood superstructure. The Mission House varies in plan, roof shape, and in some finishes from the typical Moravian architecture of the islands, but in construction and use of materials, it follows the local building tradition.

SUBJECTS:
VIRGIN ISLANDS (US)--St. Croix County--Friedensfeld
building deterioration
domestic life
religions

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.vi0132

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. SOUTH GABLE END
2. EAST STAIRS, FROM SOUTHEAST

CONTROL #:
VI0132

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