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Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices

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Coordinates: 18°20′30″N 64°55′53″W / 18.341667°N 64.931389°W / 18.341667; -64.931389
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Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices
Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices
Location48B Tolbod Gade, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands
Coordinates18°20′30″N 64°55′53″W / 18.341667°N 64.931389°W / 18.341667; -64.931389
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1913-1914
ArchitectFritz Klein
NRHP reference No.78002731[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1978

The Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices, also known as United States District Courts Building, in Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

It was built for the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktien Gesellschaft and held offices for the Superintendent Counsul and also for the Imperial German Consulate.[2] The German connection was lost when the U.S. purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark just prior to joining World War I against Germany.

It is a two-story reinforced concrete building about 82 by 75 feet (25 m × 23 m) in plan, with eight bays on its east and west facades and six on its south facade.[2]

Designed by German architect Fritz Klein, it is one of the United States' earlier examples of Modern architecture.[2]

In 1978 it housed the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the U.S. District Court.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d General Services Administration (1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices / United States District Courts Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 24, 2017. With three photos from 1978.
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