Millpond Plantation, plantation in Thomas County, Georgia
Millpond Plantation is a large estate in Thomas County built between 1903 and 1910, featuring Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with arches and curved roofs. The complex includes the main house along with six additional buildings and two structures set on approximately 1200 acres of fields, trees, and open land.
Jeptha Homer Wade II from Cleveland began purchasing land near Thomasville in 1903 and built the main residence between 1903 and 1910 as a winter home. The Atlanta Journal Constitution recognized the completed estate in 1905 as the third most beautiful structure in the entire South.
The estate was a winter home for Jeptha Homer Wade II of Cleveland, whose family had made its fortune in the telegraph industry. The main house, finished in 1905, was singled out that year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as the third most beautiful structure in the South. The grounds were laid out by landscape architect Warren Manning.
Millpond Plantation is a private estate, not a site open for public tours, so the grounds and buildings are not accessible to visitors. The 1,200-acre property lies near Thomasville in Thomas County, and the main house stands among six contributing buildings and two contributing structures.
The listing covers 1,200 acres with six contributing buildings and two contributing structures, entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The main house went up between 1903 and 1905, and the whole complex was finished in 1910.
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