- 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, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- 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 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bh6-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bh6-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Traces of a Forgotten Rice Empire along the Altamaha
FACILITIES
Guided House Tour Museum and Film Nature Trail Picnic Area Bus Parking Gift Shop
ANNUAL EVENTS
Black History Celebration (February)
Christmas at the Old Plantation (December)
This beautiful plantation represents the history and culture of Georgia's rice coast. In the early 1800s, William Brailsford of Charleston carved a rice plantation from marshes along the Altamaha River. The plantation and its inhabitants were part of the genteel low-country society that developed during the antebellum period. While many factors made rice cultivation increasingly difficult in the years after the Civil War, the family continued to grow rice until 1913. The enterprising siblings of the fifth generation at Hofwyl-Broadfield resolved to start a dairy rather than sell their family home. The efforts of Gratz, Miriam and Ophelia Dent led to the preservation of their family legacy. Ophelia was the last heir to the rich traditions of her ancestors, and she left the plantation to the state of Georgia in 1973.
A museum features silver from the family collection and a model of HofwylBroadfield during its heyday. A brief film on the plantation's history is shown before visitors walk a short trail to the antebellum home. A guided tour allows visitors to see the home as Ophelia kept it with family heirlooms, 18th and 19th century furniture and Cantonese china. The site also includes a nature trail that leads back to the Visitor Center along the edge of the marsh where rice once flourished.
Operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources 11/06
Located between Brunswick and Darien on U.S. Hwy. 17, 1 mile east
of I-95 exit #42 (Ga. Route 99).
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
Fort King George State Historic Site
Crooked River State Park -- camping
Sapelo Island Visitor Center
Jekyll Island Historic District St. Simons Island Fort Frederica Beaches
HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 2-5:30 p.m. Last main house tour at 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Gate locked at 5 p.m. Closed Monday (except holidays), Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Group rates available with advance notice. Picnic area and bus parking available.
INFORMATION
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site 5556 U.S. Highway 17 North Brunswick, GA 31525 912-264-7333
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites 2 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite 1352 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-2770
www.gastateparks.org