Whim Museum Makes Most Endangered List

Hurricane damage on the north side of Whim Museum from 2017.

Being on a national list of the “worst” doesn’t seem like a good thing, but according to stakeholders, Whim Museum being designated one of the 11th Most Endangered Historic Places in America by the National Trust for Historic Preservation will improve, rather than hinder, the St. Croix museum’s chances to repair the damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes.

“It is definitely positive to have a national spotlight on the Estate Whim Museum complex and our efforts to restore all its structures,” Sonia Jacobs Dow, executive director of Landmarks Society/Whim Museum (SCLS), wrote to the Source.

“To be designated one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places signifies both Estate Whim Museum’s importance but also the pressing need to take action if this landmark is to be preserved,” Michael Connor, SCLS life member and the former director of the museum’s furniture collection, said.