Dickey-Birdsong Plantation

Dickey-Birdsong Plantation
Location Meridian Rd., off State Route 93 west of Beachton, Georgia
Coordinates 30°42′11″N 84°11′35″W / 30.70306°N 84.19314°W / 30.70306; -84.19314Coordinates: 30°42′11″N 84°11′35″W / 30.70306°N 84.19314°W / 30.70306; -84.19314
Area 565 acres (229 ha)
Built 1912
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 95000741[1]
Added to NRHP June 20, 1995

The Dickey-Birdsong Plantation is a 565-acre (229 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It includes four contributing buildings, five contributing structures, and a contributing site.[1] It is a wildlife preserve.

It has a 1912 dwelling, the "Dickey-Komarek House", which includes Classical Revival architectural details, and is a frame one-and-a-half-story building built in 1912 by expanding upon a mid-1800s dogtrot house. It has an 1858 barn and outbuildings built in the 1900s.[2]

The property was purchased from the Dickey family in 1938. It became a site of ecological research and fire experimentation.[3]

The property is now the Birdsong Nature Center and is located on what is now known as Birdsong Rd.[4] Birdsong Nature Center was created as a 501c3 corporation in 1986. Its mission is "to foster awareness, understanding, and appreciation of nature and its interrelationships."[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dickey-Birdsong Plantation / Birdsong Nature Center". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. with 18 photos
  3. 1 2 "Birdsong Nature Center: Mission & History".
  4. ↑ "Birdsong Nature Center".


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