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The West End News
Frederiksted, Saint Croix County, Virgin Islands
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Caneel Bay Plantation in St. John, Virgin Islands, plans a two-year construction program starting in May, including new employee building, day visitor facilities in sugar mill ruins, expanded dining and lounge areas, and additional guest rooms in Turtle Bay, increasing total to 87. Originally built in 1930s, purchased by Laurence S. Rockefeller in 1952 for Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc., supporting conservation and Virgin Islands National Park.
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CANEEL BAY, St. John, Virgin Islands—A new employees' building, facilities for day visitors and for lecture programs, enlargement of the dining terrace and guest lounge areas, and construction of additional guest rooms to meet the heavy demand for accommodations are scheduled in the work program to begin here at Caneel Bay Plantation in May.
Designed to provide needed improvements to the physical plant, the program of work is to be developed over a two-year period, with a number of the new rooms to be ready for use in December of this year.
The new employees' building, with accommodations for 28 employees, will replace a deteriorated structure. Extension of the covered area of the dining terrace and provision of an addition to the guest lounge will correct overcrowded conditions in the central area. Rest rooms, lockers, and dressing rooms to serve day visitors on Caneel Bay's day tours are to be developed in the ancient sugar mill ruins along with the provision of two multi-purpose rooms for films, lecture programs, and religious services. The exterior appearance of the old walls of the ruins will be retained and restored.
The new guest accommodations are to be provided in the Turtle Bay area in one-and two-story buildings of masonry construction with pitched roofs of wood and also in cottages. Twelve rooms in 3 one-story buildings facing Scott Beach are to be completed by December, increasing the total number of guest rooms at Caneel to 87.
Also included in the program will be the development of a planned maintenance area for the Plantation at an out of the way location with under cover storage for equipment and shops for machinery, paint, and carpentry. Completion of the rain water collection system for all roofs also will be effected.
Architects for the program are La Farge, Knox and Murphy of New York with construction handled by the C. J. Newlin Construction Corporation of Santurce.
Originally built in the 1930's. Caneel Bay Plantation was purchased by Mr. Laurence S. Rockefeller in 1952 and turned over to Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated, a non profit charitable and educational organization, along with funds for its renovation. All income is used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the facilities and to further the conservation activities of Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated, including its work in connection with the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John.
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Caneel Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands
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May (Start), December (Partial Completion); Built 1930s, Purchased 1952
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Announcement of two-year construction program at Caneel Bay Plantation including employee housing for 28, day visitor facilities in sugar mill ruins, expanded dining and lounge, 12 new guest rooms by December increasing total to 87, maintenance area, and rainwater system. Owned by Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. for conservation and national park support.