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Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

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Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

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Summary

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

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ford, Henry
Maxwell, John
Habersham, Joseph
Clay, Thomas
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Diener, David, photographer
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Location

bryan county31.93827, -81.30344
Google Map of 31.9382652, -81.3034433
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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