Jarrell Plantation | |
Location in Georgia | |
Location | 711 Jarrell Plantation Road, East Juliette, Georgia, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 33°3′7″N 83°43′30″W / 33.05194°N 83.72500°W |
Area | 200 acres (81 ha) |
Built | 1847, 1895, 1920 |
Built by | John Fitz Jarrell, Benjamin Richard "Dick" Jarrell, |
NRHP reference No. | 73000624[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 1973 |
The Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site is a former cotton plantation and state historic site in Juliette, Georgia, United States. Founded as a forced-labor farm worked by John Jarrell and the African American people he enslaved, the site stands today as one of the best-preserved examples of a "middle class" Southern plantation.[2] The Jarrell Plantation's buildings and artifacts all came from the Jarrell family, who farmed the land for over 140 years.[3] Located in the red clay hills of the Georgia piedmont, It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is a Georgia state park in Jones County.