Horton House (also known as Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery) is a historic site on Riverview Drive in
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Jekyll Island is located off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, in Glynn County. It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia barrier islands. The island is owned by the State of Georgia and run by a self-sustaining, s ...
.
The
tabby
A tabby is any domestic cat (''Felis catus'') with a distinctive 'M'-shaped marking on its forehead; stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, and around its legs and tail; and (differing by tabby type), characteristic striped, d ...
house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major
William Horton, a top military aide to General
James Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to re ...
. Horton also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery (the ruins of which are a few hundred yards down the road). This structure has been meticulously preserved over the past 100 years as an example of coastal Georgia building techniques and as one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.
Across the street from the Horton House ruins is the du Bignon cemetery, a tabby wall surrounding the graves of five people: Ann Amelia du Bignon, Joseph du Bignon, Marie Felicite Riffault, Hector deLiyannis, and George Harvey. Horton House, the Brewery Ruins, and the cemetery were added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1971.
Gallery
File:Horton House outside.JPG, Outside
File:Horton House inside 1.JPG, Inside wall
File:DuBignon cemetery, Jekyll Island, Georgia.JPG, The duBignon Cemetery across from the house
File:Horton House historical marker.JPG, Historical marker for Maj. Horton
File:21-05-060-marker.jpg, Historical marker for Cemetery
See also
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List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Georgia in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Georgia and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dend ...
References
External links
NPS websiteMajor William Horton
historical marker
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Houses completed in 1743
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses in Glynn County, Georgia
Tabby buildings
Tourist attractions in Glynn County, Georgia
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in Glynn County, Georgia
1743 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
Jekyll Island
Ruins in the United States
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