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The swamp garden is named for ornithologist and artist John James Audubon, who visited the plantation before the Civil War and is said to have collected waterfowl specimens there as models for his paintings. Director Wes Craven made use of the site while filming the 1982 horror film Swamp Thing. [1] The site also served as inspiration for Shrek ...
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (464 acres, 187.77 hectares) is a historic house with gardens located on the Ashley River at 3550 Ashley River Road west of Ashley, Charleston County, South Carolina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of the oldest plantations in the South, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: San Antonio: Bexar: Central Texas: website, 1,200 acres including the 600-acre Mitchell Lake: National Butterfly Center: Mission: Hidalgo: Rio Grande Valley: 100 acres, butterfly conservation, habitat conservation, native plant sanctuary, trails, butterfly center, and educational tours North Texas Wildlife Center ...
John Grimké Drayton (May 1, 1816 – April 2, 1891) was a nineteenth-century planter and priest in Charleston, South Carolina.He was a horticulturalist at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on the Ashley River and an Episcopal priest who served nearby Old St. Andrew's Parish Church for forty years.
The Koehler Cultural Center is located on the campus of San Antonio College. The Center was donated to San Antonio College and houses part of the school’s arts department. The Center is also known as the Koehler house/mansion and is a focal point for the educational and social life of the college.
The plantation was rebuilt after 1880 by another owner. Angola Plantation: Not applicable Angola West Feliciana: Had been Francis Routh's cotton plantation; and the land is now part of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. [4] 82000469 Ardoyne Plantation House: November 1, 1982: Houma: Terrebonne: 80004476 Arlington Plantation: October 3, 1980 ...
Itawamba Community College in Fulton officially opened its new residential facility, Magnolia Hall, with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning in Fulton. The 72,000-square-foot facility will ...
The Alamo Colleges District (previously the Alamo Community College District, or ACCD, and The Alamo Colleges) is a network of five community colleges in San Antonio and Universal City, Texas, and serving the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. The district was founded in 1945 as the San Antonio Union Junior College District before adopting ...