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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Wild Heron is a historic plantation house approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Savannah, Georgia. It is one of the oldest domestic structures in Georgia and is a relatively intact example of a typical architectural genre which flourished in coastal Georgia and South Carolina in the eighteenth century. Adding to its significance is its ...
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Greenwood Plantation is a plantation in the Red Hills Region of southern Georgia, just west of Thomasville. Its Greek Revival main house was built in 1838 and expanded in 1899. [ 2 ] The plantation includes 5,200 acres of forest used for quail hunting with 1,000 acres of old-growth longleaf pines, some up to 500 years old.
After his death in 1856, the plantation was inherited by his son, Leonidas A. Jordan. [2] The plantation was purchased by Dr. L. C. Lindsley, a Professor of Chemistry at Georgia College, in 1930. [2] The great house burned down after being struck by lightning in 1954. [2] The current home was built in its place. [2]
The Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site is a former cotton plantation and state historic site in Juliette, Georgia, United States. Founded as a forced-labor farm worked by John Jarrell and the African American people he enslaved , the site stands today as one of the best-preserved examples of a "middle class" Southern plantation. [ 2 ]
Some former plantations also lean into their lush ambiance, doubling as bed and breakfasts and event venues. In 2020, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds apologized for holding their 2012 wedding at a ...
[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Americus Historic District: Americus Historic District: January 1, 1976 (Irregular pattern along Lee St. with extensions to Dudley St., railroad tracks, Rees Park, and Glessner St.; also E. Church St. and Oak Grove Cemetery