The pictures on the homepage are of Ashantilly Center, known as ‘Old Tabby’, the mainland home of Thomas Spalding, early Georgia planter, legislator, and McIntosh County landowner. The original home circa 1820 burned in 1937, and the current house was an ongoing project of the Haynes family. Ashantilly Center today is a non-profit educational center, organized and founded by William G. Haynes, Jr. Mr. Haynes was an artist, small letterpress printer (The Ashantilly Press), and environmentalist. His legacy, Ashantilly Center, hosts cultural, environmental, and historical events and workshops.
The mission of the Ashantilly Center, Inc. is to organize and implement a program of conservation, including Ashantilly property and its legacy, to provide a vehicle for continuing education, scientific advancement and charitable endeavor which focus on the natural and built environments integral to the Georgia Coast.
Visit the calendar often for updates and news! Call 912.289.1144 to arrange a tour. Or email AshantillyCenter@gmail.com for more information!
Upcoming events will be posted on the calendar and blog so check back often!
Sarah, I am finishing up the text for the story on Ashantilly that will appear the GA DNR/Coastal Resources Division’s newsletter in early March. I would like to make mention of the date that the Haynes family gave Ashantilly to McIntosh County (or is it to the City of Darien)…or some other group/organization, etc?? thanks – Nancy Butler/Ga DNR-CRD/Public Affairs Coordinator. Email: nancy.butler@dnr.state.ga.us
By: Nancy Butler on February 25, 2009
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