Richmond Hill Plantation, Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA
Summary
Significance: The Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed was used to pack lettuce grown in the adjacent Cherry Hill Marsh. Iceberg lettuce was the most successful of Henry Ford's experimental crops.
Survey number: HABS GA-2348-G
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000966
Tags
sheds
barns
agriculture
storage
building deterioration
bryan county
richmond
plantation
richmond hill plantation
lettuce
cherry hill lettuce
richmond hill
ford
neck
ford neck road
bryan
cherry hill
georgia
brockington and associates
scott butler
deborah calloway
david diener
henry ford
historic american buildings survey
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
iceberg
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1940
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ford, Henry
Brockington and Associates, contractor
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Diener, David, photographer
Butler, Scott, historian
Diener, David, historian
Diener, David, delineator
Location
bryan county
,
31.93827, -81.30344
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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