Annaberg is a former sugar factory and plantation on the island of Saint John in the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located ...

. It is uninhabited and part of the

Annaberg Historic District Annaberg Historic District is a historic section of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands Saint John (; ) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an ...

within the

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History

The sugar plantation was established by the planter Christopher William Gottschalk in 1721. He named it after his daughter Anna. The former slave house dates from 1731. The other ruins are younger.

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* Populated places in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Sugar plantations in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands {{SaintJohnVI-geo-stub