The Grove Plantation, historic plantation house in Tallahassee, Florida, USA
The Grove Plantation is a historic house and estate from the 19th century in Tallahassee, Florida, now operated as a museum by the Florida Department of State. The main residence sits on a large wooded lot and is considered one of the oldest surviving homes in the city.
The house was built around 1840 for Richard Keith Call, who served twice as governor of the Florida Territory before Florida became a state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and later restored by the Florida Department of State in 2017.
The name of the property comes from the grove of trees that once surrounded the house, giving it a sense of seclusion from the growing town nearby. Today the house is open as a museum and shows how a wealthy family organized their home and daily life in 19th-century Tallahassee.
The site is located in central Tallahassee and can be reached on foot from Monroe Street. Guided tours run several times a day and are the best way to see the interior rooms and grounds in full.
Ellen Call Long, the daughter of Richard Keith Call, wrote a book about early Florida history while living in this house, making her one of the first women to publish a book in Florida. Her account remains one of the few personal records of life in the Florida Territory during the 19th century.
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