- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites, 2005
- Date of Original:
- 2005
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia
Natural resources conservation areas--Georgia
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site (Brunswick, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA N200.P2 S1 H6 2005
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bh6-b2005
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bh6-b2005
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
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STATE HISTORIC SITE
FACILITIES
Guided House Tour Museum and Film Nature Tratl Picnic Area Bus Parklng Girt Shop
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This beauuful plamauon represems 1he history and cuhure or Gcori:ms nee coast In 1he early 1Boos. W1llmm Brailsford of Charleston carved a nee plama11on from marshes along the Alrnmaha River The plamauon and 11s ,nhabuants were pan or 1he gemeel low country soaety 1ha1 developed dunng the antebellum period While many factors made nee cutovauon increasingly dlfftcuh 1n the years after the C1v1I War. the family con11nued 10 grow nee un11I 1q,3 The enterpns1ng siblings or 1he flhh genera11on at Hofwyl-Bro.1dr1eld resolved 10 sum a dmry rather than sell their family home The efforts or Gratz. Mmam and Ophelia Dent led 10 the preserva11on or 1he1r fom1ly legacy Ophelia was the last heir 10 1he rich 1rad111ons or her ancestors. and she leh the planta11on 10 1hc state or Gco111ia 1n 1973
A museum features silver from the fam,ty collec11on and a model or Hofwyl Broadf1eld dunni: 11s heyd,1y. A bnef ftlm on the planrauon's h1s1ory ,s shown before v1s11ors walk a short 1ra1I 10 the antebellum home. A guided ,our allows v1s11ors to sec the home as Ophelia kept II wuh family heirlooms. 181h and 191h century fumuurc and Cantonese ch,na The sue also includes a nature 1ra1I 1ha1 leads back 10 the V1s11or Center along the edge of 1he marsh where nee once nounshed
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Located between Brunswick and Darten on U.S. Hwy. 17. 1 mile east of 195 exit 142 (Ga. Roule 99).
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
Fon King George Staie H1stonc Sne
Crooked River State Park camping
Sapelo Island V1s11or Center
Jekyll Island Historic District St Simons Island Fon Frederica Beaches
HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m ;pm : Sunday z-530 p.m Last main house tour at 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 4 30 p.m Sunday
Gate locked at s p.m Closed Monday (except holidays).
Thanksgiving. Christmas Day and New Year's Day Group rates available w11h advance nouce Picnic area and bus parking available
INFORMATION
HorwylBroadr1eld Planra11on State H1stonc Sue 5556 U.S. Highway 17 Nonh. Brunswick. GA 31525 912-2647333
Gcorgm State Parks and HisIoric Sites z MLK Jr Drive. Su11e I3,z Atlanta. GA 30334 4046;6-zno
www.gastateparks.org
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