Birdsville Plantation, human settlement in Jenkins County, Georgia, United States of America
Birdsville Plantation is a historic estate in Jenkins County with a main house built around 1789 and ten contributing buildings set on roughly 50 acres. The two-story house displays a blend of Greek Revival and Italianate style features including a four-column front portico and decorative pilasters with Corinthian capitals.
The main house was founded around 1789 by early settlers and received its distinctive Greek and Italian style features around 1847. The plantation survived Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War, a time when many buildings in Georgia were destroyed.
The name Birdsville comes from the Bird family who settled in the area. The main house and surviving outbuildings show how people lived and worked on the property, with each structure serving different purposes like storage or crafts.
The estate is accessible on open land in Jenkins County and offers a quiet place to explore rural history. Visitors can view the exteriors of the buildings and the large, old trees scattered across the plantation.
According to local legend, the house was spared during the Civil War when Union soldiers discovered graves of recently buried twins and chose not to burn the building out of respect. This story makes the estate a place where history and human compassion intersect.
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