Wild Heron

Wild Heron
Nearest city Savannah, Georgia
Coordinates 31°58′14″N 81°13′8″W / 31.97056°N 81.21889°W / 31.97056; -81.21889Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 81°13′8″W / 31.97056°N 81.21889°W / 31.97056; -81.21889
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]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Tours of Old Homes In Savannah Slated for March 15". The News and Courier (Charleston, SC). March 12, 1950. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Life magazine. Sep 22, 1941. p. 101. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ 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.

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