THE BOTANY HOTEL IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO AN INDEPENDENT BOUTIQUE RESORT WITHIN THE 397-ACRE ENCLAVE OF THE PRESERVE AT BOTANY BAY LOCATED ON THE WEST END OF ST. THOMAS ISLAND.  THE BOTANY BAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISTRICT IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AS A MULTI-COMPONENT SITE DOCUMENTED AS CONTAINING SIGNIFICANT PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC CULTURAL RESOURCES.  FROM 1955 TO 2000, THE PRESERVE AT BOTANY BAY WAS OWNED BY WARREN H. CORNING.  PRIOR TO THE CORNING FAMILY, THE LAND WAS USED AS A PLANTATION GROWING PRODUCE, RAISING LIVESTOCK, AND PROCESSING SUGAR.  IN 1918 THE U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY OFFICE IN THE SAME YEAR FOUND ESTATE BOTANY BAY TO BE ‘ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST BANANA PLANTATIONS ON THE ISLAND OF ST THOMAS.”

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THE BOTANY HOTEL SITS ON AN APPROXIMATELY 32-ACRE GATED PROPERTY WITH SWEEPING PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, SAVANNAH CAP, AND DUTCH CAP.  GUESTROOMS WILL BE VILLA STYLE, CONSISTING OF ONE-BEDROOM INDIVIDUAL VILLAS,  ONE-BEDROOM VILLA SUITES, AND TWO-BEDROOM VILLA SUITES.