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The Fort Caroline National Memorial is located in the Timucuan Preserve, as is the Kingsley Plantation, the oldest standing plantation in the state.The Preserve is maintained through cooperation by the National Park Service, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Jacksonville Department of Parks and Recreation, which partner to support the Timucuan Parks Foundation.
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.
Latta Place (formerly Latta Plantation), also known as Latta House, is a historic house located in Huntersville, North Carolina near Mountain Island Lake. Built in about 1800 in a Federal style, [ 2 ] the plantation also contains some elements of Georgian design, including the house's main staircase.
Oatlands Historic House and Gardens (formerly Oatlands Plantation) is an estate located in Leesburg, Virginia, United States. Oatlands is operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark .
Birdsong Nature Center, formerly the Dickey-Birdsong Plantation, is a 565-acre (229 ha) historic district property. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It includes four contributing buildings , five contributing structures , and a contributing site . [ 1 ]
In 2022, the NPS conducted a Special Resource Study on the Ocmulgee River Corridor, [26] which could have recommended expansion of the area as a national park and preserve. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The study area includes parts of Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge , Robins Air Force Base , and three Georgia state wildlife management areas . [ 29 ]
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The gardens were originally part of the 1750 Dean Hall rice plantation, which depended on fresh water from the Cooper River. The area that is now a swamp was dug out and fitted with water gates to become a fresh water reservoir. The property had fallen into disuse when, in 1909, [1] Benjamin Kittredge purchased it to use as a duck hunting reserve.