Richmond Hill Plantation, Laboratory-Powerhouse & Chimney, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA
Summary
Significance: Henry Ford converted this abandoned rice mill for use as his personal laboratory. A steam boiler in this structure also created electricity and heat for the nearby Ford Mansion.
Survey number: HABS GA-2348-I
Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1937-1941 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78000966
Tags
Date
1937 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Clay, Joseph
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
Copyright info
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