Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture of the Danish colonial venture, and it is an interesting example of Lutheran architecture in the 18th century.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1

Survey number: HABS VI-1

Building/structure dates: 1750-1753 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1961-1963 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1780- ca. 1789 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1793-1796 Subsequent Work

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