Horton House

Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery
Location Riverview Dr., Jekyll Island, Georgia
Coordinates 31°06′06″N 81°24′52″W / 31.10177°N 81.41456°W / 31.10177; -81.41456Coordinates: 31°06′06″N 81°24′52″W / 31.10177°N 81.41456°W / 31.10177; -81.41456
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1743
NRHP Reference # 71000278[1]
Added to NRHP September 28, 1971

Horton House (also known as Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery) is a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia.

The tabby house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major William Horton, a top military aide to General James Oglethorpe. Horton also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery (the ruins of which are a few hundred yards down the road). This structure has been meticulously preserved over the past 100 years as an example of coastal Georgia building techniques and as one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state. Across the street from the Horton House ruins is the du Bignon cemetery, a tabby wall surrounding the graves of five people Ann Amelia du Bignon, Joseph du Bignon, Marie Felicite Riffault, Hector deLiyannis, and George Harvey. Horton House, the Brewery Ruins, and the cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Georgia.[2]

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Horton House on Jekyll Island". Jekyllisland.com. Retrieved 2012-10-29.


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