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°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1754 |
| Architectural style | Other, Raised Cottage |
| NRHP reference No. | 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
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Some of the land -
Sign for the Wild Heron -
Wild Heron 2011 (not the same house)
See also
- List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Chatham County, Georgia
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ Life magazine. Sep 22, 1941. 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. 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
Media related to Wild Heron at Wikimedia Commons
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