Jarrell Plantation

Jarrell Plantation
Jarrell Plantation is located in Georgia
Jarrell Plantation
Location in Georgia
Jarrell Plantation is located in the United States
Jarrell Plantation
Location in United States
Location711 Jarrell Plantation Road, East Juliette, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates33°3′7″N 83°43′30″W / 33.05194°N 83.72500°W / 33.05194; -83.72500
Area200 acres (81 ha)
Built1847, 1895, 1920
Built byJohn Fitz Jarrell, Benjamin Richard "Dick" Jarrell,
NRHP reference No.73000624[1]
Added to NRHPMay 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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Georgia State Parks – Jarrell Plantation Historic Site
  3. ^ Sugar Cane – Operations – Southern Matters