The Grove Plantation
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| The Grove | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location: | Leon County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city: | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Established: | June 13, 1972 |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
The Grove Plantation was a modest cotton plantation of 640 acres located in central Leon County, Florida and established by Richard Keith Call in the 1830s.
[edit] Location
The Grove was located in what is now mid-town Tallahassee and once stretched from Brevard Street on the south to Tharpe Street on the north. It is located just north of the Governor's Mansion and it later became the home of the late Gov. LeRoy Collins and his wife, Mary Call Collins, a descendant of Call. The Collinses sold the home and remaining nine acres to the state for eventual use as a museum.
[edit] Today
The Groves' acreage has been sold away. The Grove falls under the protection of Florida Statute 267.075, Title XVIII, Chapter 267 which states that The Grove be utilized as a house museum of history for the educational benefit of the citizens of this state. The Grove Advisory Council oversees and advises the Florida Division of Historical Resources on the operation, maintenance, preservation, and protection of the The Grove or Call/Collins House.
[edit] Sources
- Tallahassee Democrat, August 1, 2006
- Florida Senate statutes
- Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.
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