Pine Bloom Plantation | |
Nearest city | Newton, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 31°24′17″N 84°19′46″W / 31.40467°N 84.32934°W |
Area | 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) |
Built | 1850 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90000105[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 9, 1990 |
The Pine Bloom Plantation, also known as Pinebloom Plantation, is a historic site in Newton, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1990. It is located on Tarva Road and County Route 122, 3/4 of a mile south of the Baker County, Georgia/ Dougherty County, Georgia line in Baker County. The site includes Greek Revival architecture, is associated with Gov. Alfred Holt Colquitt, and dates to about 1850.[1][2] The plantation was purchased by billionaire John M. Harbert of Birmingham, Alabama in 1981.
The property included two contributing buildings and 16 non-contributing buildings and structures, including a modern skeet range. The main plantation house is a one-story raised wood-frame U-shaped building with Greek Revival detailing built in about 1850. It has a columned front portico and a hipped roof.[3]