Mary Point Estate

The estate includes an L-shaped factory, a one-story Great House, servant quarters, farm buildings, and a cemetery on the north coast of Saint John.

Franz Claasen received the estate in 1738 for warning the van Stell family about the 1733 slave rebellion and became the first free Black landowner on Saint John.

The property transformed from a cotton plantation to sugar production in the 19th century under the ownership of Governor Hans Hendrik Berg of St. John and St. Thomas.

The estate, registered in the National Register of Historic Places since 1978, contains multiple preserved structures that demonstrate colonial agricultural and architectural methods.

A stone ring-wall foundation remains from Franz Claasen's original estate house, along with European-style burial markers indicating the diverse social history of the property.

Location: Saint John

GPS coordinates: 18.36778,-64.74194

Latest update: August 4, 2025 10:12