- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Contributor to Resource:
- Ford, Henry,
Maxwell, John,
Habersham, Joseph,
Clay, Thomas,
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Diener, David, photographer - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Richmond Hill (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
marshes
agricultural land
rice industry
agriculture
experiments
flood control - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, Richmond Hill, 31.93827, -81.30344
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 22 | Data Page(s): 6 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce production.
Survey number: HABS GA-2348-A
Building/structure dates: 1780 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1925 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000966 - Local Identifier:
- HABS GA-2348-A
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0902/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
