Zink Residence, St. Mary’s, GA
Penny’s birthday today and she gets to spend it with her granddaughters! The weather was a bit sketchy so we decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood to see how we should dress for our trip to the plantation. After lunch we headed north about 40 minutes to the old Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation started around 1806. It grew to 7,300 acres worked by 357 slaves, steadily producing rice until the men of the family left to fight in the Civil War. After the war, without slave labor, rice production dropped, land was given up to pay taxes, and dairy farming was established.
The plain style house remains a snapshot in time. The furnishings, table settings, china cabinets, bedding all just as they were, The girls had been there before, but they were attentive to the ranger leading the tour of the house. They reveled in showing us around the out buildings.