Wild Heron
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Nearest city | Savannah, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 31°58′14″N 81°13′8″W / 31.97056°N 81.21889°WCoordinates: 31°58′14″N 81°13′8″W / 31.97056°N 81.21889°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1754 |
Architectural style | Other, Raised Cottage |
NRHP reference # | 77000415[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 16, 1977 |
Wild Heron is a historic plantation house near Savannah, Georgia.
Records show that the land of Wild Heron Plantation was granted in the colonial era through a King's grant to Francis Harris in 1756.[2]
The frame plantation home was built about 1756[3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is the oldest plantation in Savannah[4] and one of the oldest houses in Georgia.[5]
Photos
- Some of the land
- Sign for the Wild Heron
- Wild Heron 2011 (not the same house)
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Tours of Old Homes In Savannah Slated for March 15". The News and Courier (Charleston, SC). March 12, 1950. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Kelso, William M. (Aug 15, 2008). Captain Jones's Wormslow: A Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Study of an Eighteenth-century Plantation Site Near Savannah, Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780820332536. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Inc, Time (Sep 22, 1941). Life magazine. p. 101. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Linley, John (1982). The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State. University of Georgia Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780820306148. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
Further reading
- Gleason, David King (1987). Antebellum Homes of Georgia. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-8071-1432-2.
External links
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