Charlotte Amalie Historic District

	Charlotte Amalie Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by Nytvaer, Berg and Government Hills, Bjebre Gade and St. Thomas Harbor, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands
Coordinates	18°20′42″N 64°55′55″W / 18.345°N 64.931944°W
Area	165.3 acres (0.669 km2)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	76001860 (original); 100009346 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1976
Boundary increase	July 3, 2024

The Charlotte Amalie Historic District in Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a 165.3 acres (0.669 km²) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

The district then included 574 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing object.^[1] It included the entire Charlotte Amalie National Historic Site (also known as St. Thomas National Historic Site, which was a National Historic Site from December 24, 1960, until February 5, 1975, when it was disbanded and transferred to Virgin Islands, to be administered as a territorial park). It also included the entire local Charlotte Amalie Historic and Architectural Control District.^[2]

European construction in the district began with the building of Fort Christian in c.1666; the town of Charlotte Amalie was platted in 1681.^[2]

Notable properties include:

Fort Christian (c.1666-1680), modified in 1874
Legislative Building (1874), built as barracks for the Danish police force, in 1976 this was home for the Virgin Islands Senate.
Emancipation Park, honoring 1848 emancipation of slaves

Commercial Hotel and Coffee House (1839–40), also formerly known as the Grand Hotel, 44 Norre Gade. Greek Revival with an arcaded first floor.^[2]
13 Wimmelskafts (c.1837), a structure that housed enslaved Africans and later servants for several wealthy families including the Von Bretton family.