Tutu Plantation House Explained

Tutu Plantation House
Coordinates:18.3397°N -64.8858°W
Added:July 12, 1976
Area:1acres
Refnum:76001867

Tutu Plantation House in the Tutu subdistrict of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1813. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included two contributing buildings.

It was deemed significant as one of few plantation greathouses surviving on St. Thomas. It is a two-story 40feetx32feetft (xft) building with a hipped roof. Its interior has Greek Revival trim dating from 20 to 30 years after the house's construction, which was perhaps in about 1803.[1]

The word tutu, in Danish, means a trumpet-like conch shell which was used to call the slaves to work.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76001867}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tutu Plantation House ]. National Park Service. Samuel N. Stokes, Russell Wright, Margaret Proskauer, and Annie Hillary . May 17, 1976 . June 1, 2017. With .