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Villa Alexandria
Villa Alexandria is a former plantation house in the San Marco (Jacksonville), San Marco neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. It was built in the 1870s by Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician), Alexander Mitchell and his wife, Martha Reed Mitchell, Martha. There were of grounds of which were under cultivation. In the 1920s, Villa Alexandria's gardens became part of "The Arbors", a residential property. History Soon after the American Civil War, Civil War, while visiting Florida, Mrs. Mitchell found a location she liked for a winter home. She and her husband purchased a tract of land on the St. Johns River from Jacksonville the Alexandria.Wood, Wayne (1992). ''Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage''. University Press of Florida. p. 250. ISBN 0-8130-0953-7 The Mitchell home was distinguished for hospitality, characterized as one of the finest and best kept-up places in Florida. Grounds The house was surrounded by broad Town square#Italy, piazzas. The grounds were studded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantation House
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and expensive architectural works today, though most were more utilitarian, working farmhouses. Antebellum American South In the American South, antebellum plantations were centered on a "plantation house," the residence of the owner, where important business was conducted. Slavery and plantations had different characteristics in different regions of the South. As the Upper South of the Chesapeake Bay colonies developed first, historians of the antebellum South defined planters as those who held 20 enslaved people. Major planters held many more, especially in the Deep South as it developed.Peter Kolchin, ''American Slavery 1619–1877'', New York: Hill and Wang, 1993, xiii The majority of slaveholders held 10 or fewer enslaved people, oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
