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Gascoigne Bluff

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and a builder. He designed and built the cabins to house the slaves who served in the plantation's main house. Utilizing a duplex plan to house more than one family, the cabins were originally part of a planned community of slave dwellings.
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The Cassina Garden Club owns the cabins and offers tours on Wednesday mornings in June through August. The cabins are near Arthur J. Moore Drive.
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This area was one of several St. Simons Island plantations owned by John Couper (father of
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is known as "Old Ironsides" for the way the cannonballs bounced off the hard oak planking.
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and the Georgia Land and Lumber Company of New York in 1874 to erect lumber mills.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Glynn County, Georgia
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The Hamilton Plantation and Gasciogne Bluff were sold after the
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owns the Hamilton Plantation slave cabins and provides tours.
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A ministry site which maintains a history of the area
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Index

Hamilton Plantation

bluff
Frederica River
St. Simons, Georgia
Native American
Franciscan
monastery
Province of Georgia
James Gascoigne
sloop-of-war
HMS Hawk
British
Southern live oak
USS Constitution
original US Navy frigates
Naval Act of 1794
James Hamilton Couper
Library of Congress
View from the bluff
Historical marker
Marker
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Gascoigne Bluff is located in Georgia
Gascoigne Bluff is located in the United States
St. Simons Island, Georgia
31°10′16″N 81°24′28″W / 31.17106°N 81.40771°W / 31.17106; -81.40771
88000968

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