Myrtle Grove Plantation
Former namesFolly Farm
General information
Architectural styleAntebellum architecture
LocationRichmond Hill, Georgia, U.S.
AddressOld Hardwick Road
Coordinates31°53′04″N 81°14′44″W / 31.8843427°N 81.2454178°W / 31.8843427; -81.2454178
Completed1849 (1849) (plantation house only)
OwnerBuck Meeks
John Meeks
Technical details
Floor count2

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

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. 1 2 3 4 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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