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 an island located in Glynn County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. 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-s ...
.
The
tabby
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house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major
William Horton, a top military aide to General
James Oglethorpe
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social refo ...
. 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
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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
References
External links
NPS website
Major William Hortonhistorical marker
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{{National Register of Historic Places
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 on the National Register of Historic Places
Brewery buildings in the United States