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Before Strand (Bay) Street



These photos were taken from St. Croix 25 of old site.



Wall around Marley Houses, Fisher Street South



Marley Houses, Estate Two Brothers



Frederiksted Fish Market



Before this 2'story building there were wooden structures (homes) in the area. First floor is store, second floor apartments.



Northeast corner of Strand and Fisher Streets.



Strand Street (Best Kept Street of Frederiksted)



2008, 2010



West side of Strand



East side



West side, part of the building that follows



East side of street



Eventually became The Fred Hotel



Where tree is there was once a structure.



Side wall of The Fred & parking lot



Frederick D. Dorsch Theater



This
plaque
is
for the
pink
building
above,
now
a
hotel,
The Fred.
I stayed
in hotel
in 2019.
Nice even
though
not
completed.



Structure(s) once stood where empty lot is.



The Dorsch Theater



Northeast view of Queen Cross Street



The side view of Athalie McFarlane-Peterson library



The southeast side of Queen Cross Street.
Yellow two story was not there when I was growing up on St. Croix. Wooden structures existed.



Another view of library.
Was once a public school.



Miguel García's residence.
At once time or another there were offices
on 1st floor.



Corner of Queen Cross and Strand



Across from clinic. Have no idea what this building is used for.



East side of Strand Street



Beginning of park



We called this "poor yard". It was home for senior citizens. There is a plaque lower down.



South side of King Cross street



Nesbitt Clinic/Hospital



North side of King Cross Street
The Frederiksted Hotel



Has housed various clinics.



Frederiksted Hotel
Now the Inn on Strand Street



Hill Street, south side. Boarded area was once Seven Flags Bar. Fire destroyed the structure.



North side of Hill Street, looking east.



South side of Hill



Hill Street from the park



Over the years, various businesses in this green building. Mostly bar/restaurant.



North side of Hill Street



East side of Strand Street



North side of Market Street



East side of Strand



Southside of Market Street
Blue building was once USO



East side of street.
You can see top floor of building burnt and bottom floor is boarded up. Was once a bar called Seven Flags,



Take from boardwalk, looking south



Corner building was once Royal Dane Hotel
Bottom floor was a real estate office.



Building on pier plus part of the boardwalk



East side of Strand Street
Repairs were done on Strand.
Part of it is now one-way



Looking east on Custom House Street



Frederiksted Mall
Was once a warehouse



South view of Custom House Street



A look inside the mall



Custom House Street looking west



We called it the Gingerbread House
Gardine property
Now (2022) a hotel



Custom House



A better view of Gingerbread house



A beautiful view of Custom House
Named after Oscar Henry
Freedom statue out front



At time this photo was taken this was First Bank



Bandstand in Buddhoe Park



East side, close to Market Street



Parking lot plus Vitran Bus



Another view of Market and Strand Streets



Over the years this corner building was a bank.
Other businesses also in the area.



Corner of Market and Strand Streets





There's a plaque below.



Yellow building is Merwin
Blue building is/was a bank.
First building has housed restaurants, bars, etc.
Jacaranda was once located in this building.



Scotia Bank.
Corner of Strand and Custom House Street



Additional photos, taken in November 2008



Looking east on Market Street from boardwalk



#10 Strand Street
Has been many things over the years.
When photo taken, it was a art museum.
See plaque that follows.



Blue building was built in 1855!!



Plaque for the Merwin Building
Built in 1917





Photo taken from inside park. Shows well and eastern view of
King Cross Street.



Sign outside the Aldershvile Multi-Purpose Center
When I was growing up on St. Croix, the complex housed many elderly men and women.
It was very entertaining and educational to stop by and chat with them.



Built in the 1880s, renovated and partially restored in 1979.



Plaque for the Frederiksted Hospital.
1803, changes in 1930s



Photos taken during my April/May 2009 trip



2009



Boardwalk - Strand Street, looking south, towards Sandy Point



Another view.



Better view of Sandy Point



Strange looking boat said to bring divers to
St. Croix. From where? I think PR but not sure.



Verne I. Richards Veterans Memorial Park
Strand Street



Each monument represents a branch of the armed services plus Coast Guard.



It is said names of those who died serving the USA, will be added to monuments.





Another view of park



View from the staircase of what was housed clinics.
This is at the foot of Hill Street and Strand.



Frederiksted Hotel being renovated.
(Now the Inn on Strand Street.)



A good view of Strand Street from Hill Street.



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