Myrtle Grove Plantation, Georgia

Myrtle Grove is a historic plantation in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, United States.

Myrtle Grove Plantation
Former namesFolly Farm
General information
Architectural styleAntebellum architecture
LocationRichmond Hill, Georgia, U.S.
AddressOld Hardwick Road
Coordinates31.8843427°N 81.2454178°W / 31.8843427; -81.2454178
Completed1849 (1849) (plantation house only)
OwnerBuck Meeks
John Meeks
Technical details
Floor count2

American Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene was gifted a "Myrtle Grove plantation near Savannah from the citizens of Georgia" for his services as major general of the Continental Army.[1]

The plantation house was built in 1849, in the antebellum style, by Union Army brigadier general Richard Arnold as wedding gift for his daughter.[2]

During the 1920s and 1930, the house was owned by Pennsylvania native and district attorney Samuel Pennington Rotan.[2] After his death in January 1930, his widow, Allethaire Chase Rotan, continued to live there.[2] The house was renamed Folly Farm by the Rotans, after their former residence in Abington, Pennsylvania,[3] but was later returned to its original Myrtle Grove name after the property on which the house stands.[2][4]

It has been owned since 1964 by brothers Walter (Buck)[5] and John Meeks,[6] and has been used as a filming location for over ten movie and television productions, including Glory (1989), The Underground Railroad (2021), Emperor (2020) and The Crickets Dance (2020).[7][8] It was its appearance in Birth of a Nation (2016) that increased its popularity, however.[9]

References
  1. Hoffman, Charles and Tess (2009). North by South: The Two Lives of Richard James Arnold. University of Georgia Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780820334431.
  2. Sullivan, Buddy (2006). Richmond Hill. Arcadia Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 9780738543031.
  3. Herman, Andrew Mark (1999). Eastern Montgomery County Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9780738501901.
  4. "Meet Buck Meeks, a man who charts his own course". www.bryancountynews.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  5. "Obituary for Walter Watson Meeks at Carter Funeral Home Bryan Chapel". www.carterbryanchapel.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. GSIA (2017-04-10). "Filming in and around Bryan County fuels local economy". GSIA. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  7. "Bryan, Chatham county health departments to begin COVID-19 vaccination for infants and young children". www.bryancountynews.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  8. "Myrtle Grove". Film Savannah. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  9. Jordan, Kyle. "Richmond Hill: Coming Soon to a screen near you". WTOC11. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
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