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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.
Lover's Oak in 1910. The Lover's Oak is a notably historic and large Southern live oak tree in Brunswick, Georgia. Located in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District, the tree is reportedly over 900 years old. The tree has a trunk diameter of 13 feet (4.0 m) and has 10 main limbs. [1]
The avenue of live oaks at Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, planted in the early 18th century. Live oak wood is hard, heavy, and difficult to work with, but very strong. In the days of wooden ships, live oaks were the preferred source of the framework timbers of the ship, using the natural trunk and branch angles for their strength.
Lebanon Plantation Live Oak. Native Americans have probably inhabited the area on at least a semi-annual basis for thousands of years, as indicated by oyster shell deposits excavated in the vicinity. By the time European explorers arrived in the area in the 16th century, the area was claimed by the Yuchi and the Creek tribe.
Sand Live Oak: Lower Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Fagaceae: Quercus georgiana M. A. Curtis [1]: 99 Georgia Oak: Granite outcrops in the Piedmont: Endangered: Fagaceae: Quercus hemisphaerica Bartram ex Willd. [1]: 100 Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak: Common throughout the Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Fagaceae: Quercus incana Bartram [1]: 101 ...
The Big Oak is a large live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Thomasville, Georgia, in the United States at the corner of Crawford Street and Monroe Street. The Big Oak is one of many historic landmarks located in Thomasville. The Big Oak was one of the earliest trees registered with the Live Oak Society. Registered by P.C. Andrews in 1936 ...
Picture of the Atlantic Journal article of the home representing The Twelve Oaks that Margaret Mitchell found. In Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind, Twelve Oaks is the plantation home of the Wilkes family in Clayton County, Georgia named for the twelve great oak trees that surround the family mansion in an almost perfect circle.
St. Simons Park marker St. Simons Park. Just north of the village on St. Simons Island off Mallery Street is a park of oak trees named St. Simons Park. On the southern edge of the oaks, along a narrow lane, is a low earthen mound where 30 Timucuan Native Americans are buried.