Greenwich Plantation

Greenwich Plantation
The Greenwich Plantation mansion, pictured circa 1910, about halfway through its existence. The fountain still stands today
Map
Alternative namesGreenwich Place
General information
LocationColonial Savannah, Province of Georgia
AddressGreenwich Road
Coordinates32°03′05″N 81°02′23″W / 32.0513°N 81.0396°W / 32.0513; -81.0396
Completed1900 (mansion only)
Destroyed1923 (mansion only)
Owner
  • 1765–1777
    Samuel Bowen
  • 1777–1797
    Jane Bowen
  • 1797–18??
    Samuel Beecroft
  • 18??–1874
    Captain F. C. Threadcraft
  • 1874–1887
    Savannah Schutzen Gesellschaft
  • 1887–1896
    Greenwich Park Association
  • 1896–1917
    Spencer Proudfoot Shotter
  • 1917–1923
    Henry Norton Torrey
Technical details
Floor count3
Other information
Number of rooms40

Greenwich Plantation (also known as Greenwich Place)[1] was a plantation founded in colonial Savannah, Province of Georgia, in 1765, on land now occupied by Greenwich Cemetery. The 100-acre (0.40 km2)[2] site included a plantation house (completed in 1900) and private cemetery, and was located on the Wilmington River, about 3.5 miles (6 kilometres) east of the Savannah colony. It was located immediately to the north of (and on the same bluff as) Bonaventure Plantation, which existed until 1868 on land now occupied by Bonaventure Cemetery.[3] Its mile-long driveway still exists to the left of Bonaventure's main gates.

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  3. ^ Historic Bonaventure Cemetery: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing (1998)