Wormsloe Plantation Oaks BW is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on May 25th, 2015.
Wormsloe Plantation Oaks BW
Wormsloe Plantation is a very popular and iconic place to visit when you are in Savannah GA area The live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, what's not... more
by Joan Carroll
Title
Wormsloe Plantation Oaks BW
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Wormsloe Plantation is a very popular and iconic place to visit when you are in Savannah GA area The live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, what's not to love? For one, all the cars! Getting this shot was a challenge, waiting and waiting and waiting while any car along the lane disappeared out of site, while hoping another one would not then appear! The speed limit was 15 mph so when a car came along, it was there for quite awhile! This avenue of beautiful oaks leads to the tabby ruins of Wormsloe, the colonial estate of Noble Jones (1702-1775). (Tabby is a type of concrete made with oyster shells). Jones was a humble carpenter who arrived in Georgia in 1733 with James Oglethorpe and the first group of settlers from England. Wormsloe's tabby ruin is the oldest standing structure in Savannah. A testament to the opportunities that existed in early North America, Jones went on to serve the colony as a doctor, constable, Indian agent, Royal Councilor and surveyor, laying out the towns of Augusta and New Ebenezer. He also commanded a company of marines charged with defending the Georgia coast from the Spanish. Jones died at the beginning of the American Revolution, but his descendants sustained Wormsloe until the state of Georgia acquired most of the plantation in 1973. The state opened it to the public as a state historic site in 1979.
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May 25th, 2015
