Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation, Historic rice plantation in Brunswick, United States
The 1,268-acre estate includes a preserved antebellum main house, seven nineteenth-century buildings, and extensive marshlands along the Altamaha River banks.
William Brailsford established the plantation in 1806, transforming it into a major rice producer with 7,000 acres and 357 enslaved workers from Senegal and Sierra Leone.
The plantation documents the interconnected lives of European landowners and African laborers who shaped the agricultural development of coastal Georgia through rice cultivation.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources maintains the site, offering guided house tours, a museum displaying family silver, and a four-mile nature trail through former rice fields.
The property remained in the same family for five generations until 1973, transitioning from rice production to dairy farming to preserve their ancestral legacy.
Location: Glynn County
Address: 5556 US Hwy 17 North, Brunswick, GA 31525
Phone: +19122647333
Website: https://gastateparks.org/HofwylBroadfieldPlantation
GPS coordinates: 31.30861,-81.45194
Latest update: May 14, 2025 19:37
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