{"id":994,"slug":"fort-christiansvaern-waterfront-at-christiansted-nhs-u-s-virgin-islands","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Christiansvaern is the ballast — the 'yellow brick' that's the Denmark sailed, the 'ships' weight' that's the walls' bones. The 'Hamilton's mother' is the jailed — the 'Rachel Faucett' that's the cell held, the '1750 released' that's the future's start. The 'oppression to liberation' is the turned — the 'slave patrols' that's the fort's purpose, the 'NTF site' that's the meaning changed.","The 'sugar's guard' is the built — the '1738-49' that's the hurricane's replacement, the 'auction yard' that's the warehouse's use. The '1848' is the freed — the 'emancipation' that's the island's day, the 'fort's role' that's the power's seat. Christiansvaern is the doubled — the 'military might' that's the facade shown, the 'prison within' that's the cells' truth.","The file keeps Christiansvaern: the ballast brick, Rachel's cell, the sugar's guard, and the liberation's turn.","Fort Christiansvaern is the archive's Virgin Islands file — the fort that held Hamilton's mother."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Fort Christiansvaern is the archive's Virgin Islands file — the Danish stronghold turned Network site.","A fort keeps its reversal — the file's suggestion being that Christiansvaern's hold is the turned: the 'oppression's tool' that's the original purpose, the 'Rachel's cell' that's the famous captive, and the 'NTF listing' that's the meaning reclaimed."]}],"name":"Fort Christiansvaern Waterfront at Christiansted NHS","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","MARITIME","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD","FORT"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.","full_desc":"Fort Christiansvaern Waterfront at Christiansted NHS is a historic site in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.","address":"Christiansted NHS","city":"Christiansted","county":"St. Croix","state":"U.S. Virgin Islands","postal":null,"region":"Caribbean","lat":17.7466,"lon":-64.7032,"coord_kind":"MANUAL","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.","ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 29VI01, source row 534. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened. ","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":62.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.35,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Fort Christiansvaern Waterfront at Christiansted NHS's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Fort Christiansvaern Waterfront at Christiansted NHS is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Fort Christiansvaern Waterfront at Christiansted NHS's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic site; verify hours and access with the managing agency before visiting; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Underground Railroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[{"field_name":"short_description","existing_value":"NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.","incoming_value":"The Danish fort—where the enslaved rose for freedom.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"historic_designation","existing_value":"National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing","incoming_value":"NPS Network to Freedom","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"research_notes","existing_value":"Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 29VI01, source row 534. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened. ","incoming_value":"UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."}],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}