Strathy Hall, Plantation house in Bryan County, Georgia, USA

Strathy Hall is a plantation and a National Register of Historic Places listed site in Georgia with old buildings and structures from the 19th century. The grounds feature simple, sturdy houses and open land that once supported agricultural operations.

Strathy Hall was built in 1756 by James Mackay, a Scottish captain who served under General Oglethorpe alongside George Washington defending the southern border against the Spanish. A fire damaged the house in the early 1800s, and by circa 1840 George W. McAllister restored it on its original foundation; his nephew Archibald McAllister owned the surrounding rice plantation on the Ogeechee River. Henry Ford, who bought the property in the 1920s, removed the early-20th-century additions.

The name Strathy Hall comes from the Strathy area of Scotland, reflecting the origin of James Mackay, the Scottish captain who built the house in 1756. The property later passed to the McAllister family, who ran a large rice plantation on the Ogeechee River. The house is now owned and cared for by the Appleton family.

The house stands on brick piers and is privately owned by the Appleton family, so visits concern the exterior and setting rather than the interior. The structure sits near Richmond Hill in Bryan County, close to the Ogeechee River. Look for the pine floors and plastered walls with concave moulding visible in the raised interior.

The house was raised slightly on brick piers, and its interior walls carry a concave moulding; the pine floors are original features a visitor can still see. Photographs show the building was much larger in the early 20th century, until Henry Ford bought the property in the 1920s and removed the additions.