Located on Skidaway Road, on the Isle of Hope, the plantation was established in 1736 by Noble Jones, one of the 14 colonists who came to Georgia with General James E. Oglethorpe, built a fortified house and cultivated the land. A former colonial home and nature trail is also open, allowing visitors to tour to a living history area. The vestiges of the house, constructed in 1739-45, are all that remain architecturally in Savannah of Georgia's first decade. A museum presents the excavated artifacts. Hours of operation vary.
Location:
7601 Skidaway Rd., Savannah Georgia 31406
Telephone
912-353-3023
Other History nearby:
(Beaufort) Beaufort Museum
(Savannah) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
(Savannah) City Hall
(Hilton Head Island) Coastal Discovery, the Museum on HHI
(Savannah) Confederate House
(Savannah) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ascension
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02/21 Coming to The Savannah area
Vidalia Onion Festival Vidalia GA April18-21 Cooking School, Miss and Little Miss Vidalia Onion Pageants, Onion Maze, Onion Cook-off, Tasting Competition, The Onion Run, parades, carnival, rodeo, street dance, onion shootgun shoot, as well as a Dutch oven cooking demonstration.
Woodbine Crawfish Festival Woodbine GA April26-27 The annual Crawfish Festival is a family oriented event and offers something for all ages from children's amusements to arts & crafts, to cloggers, square dancers and live bands.
Colleton County Rice Festival Walterboro SC April26-28 Rice Run-Walk, Dog Show, Open Car Show. Performance by Common Ground.
Sacred Heart Garden Festival Augusta GA April26-28 Historic Sacred Heart Cultural Center in downtown Augusta, GA will be the focus for classic southern gardening during its annual garden festival. Join us as we celebrate the advent of spring and raise funds to support the magnificent sacred heart cultural center.
Hazlehurst BBQ Fest Hazlehurst GA May3-4 The competition is sanctioned by the Georgia Barbecue Association.
Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival Fernandina Beach FL May3-5 The town of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida is the birthplace of the modern, motorized shrimping industry. The origin of our Shrimp Festival was an annual spring shrimp boat race, during which the shrimpers' wives served shrimp dishes.
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