Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation

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