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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.
Example of an 18th-century rum factory, and ruins of a sugar plantation. 76002217 Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation: July 19, 1976 Coral Bay: Saint John 78000272 Mary Point Estate: May 22, 1978 Mary Point: Saint John 81000094 Hermitage Plantation Historic District: Coral Bay Saint John 81000093 Rustenberg Plantation South Historic District ...
The Wormsloe Historic Site, originally known as Wormsloe Plantation, is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia, in the southeastern United States.The site consists of 822 acres (3.33 km 2) protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775).
The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South (1979) * Evans, Chris, "The Plantation Hoe: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Commodity, 1650–1850," William and Mary Quarterly, (2012) 69#1 pp 71–100.
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.
MADISON, GEORGIA Gather the gang for antiques, old homes, and farm-fresh eats. A successful girls' trip needs three things: 1) leisurely activities that leave ample room for reminiscing; 2) great ...
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 ...
Perhaps the most notable feature of the gardens is the "Middleton Oak", or "Great Oak", a massive live oak tree with a trunk more than 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter. [13] The east gardens stretch eastward from the main residence for approximately 200 feet (61 m) before descending in a series of terraces to the floodplain of the Ashley River.