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Richmond Hill Plantation, Laboratory-Powerhouse & Chimney, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

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Richmond Hill Plantation, Laboratory-Powerhouse & Chimney, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, GA

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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

date_range

Date

1937 - 1970

person

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

place

Location

bryan county, 31.93827, -81.30344

Google Map of 31.9382652, -81.3034433

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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