The Dickey-Birdsong Plantation is a 565-acre (229 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It includes four contributing buildings, five contributing structures, and a contributing site.[1] It is a wildlife preserve.
Dickey-Birdsong Plantation | |
 Dickey-Komarek House | |
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| Location | Meridian Rd., off State Route 93 west of Beachton, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 30°42′11″N 84°11′35″W / 30.70306°N 84.19314°W |
| Area | 565 acres (229 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000741[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1995 |
It has a 1912 dwelling, the "Dickey-Komarek House", which includes Classical Revival architectural details, and is a frame one-and-a-half-story building built in 1912 by expanding upon a mid-1800s dogtrot house. It has an 1858 barn and outbuildings built in the 1900s.[2]
The property was purchased from the Dickey family in 1938. It became a site of ecological research and fire experimentation.[3]
The property is now the Birdsong Nature Center and is located on what is now known as Birdsong Rd.[4] Birdsong Nature Center was created as a 501c3 corporation in 1986. Its mission is "to foster awareness, understanding, and appreciation of nature and its interrelationships."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dickey-Birdsong Plantation / Birdsong Nature Center". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. with 18 photos
- ^ a b "Birdsong Nature Center: Mission & History".
- ^ "Birdsong Nature Center".
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