- City:
- St. Thomas, VIRGIN-ISLANDS
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Comfort Stations (Restrooms)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
“Also with Public Works Administration funds, a beach house is being constructed at the government-owned Lindbergh Bay beach, one of the best in the world, where also golf will be available on the links on which Colonel Lindbergh landed his “Spirit of St. Louis” in 1928. On this same esste is reserved a site for another hotel when required, and the botanical garden nearby lends additional attraction to the vicinity.”
Source notes
U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1934, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934, pp. 2-3.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 13, 2017.
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