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Listen: The FolkFolk ProgramView showing the back of the main house at the Kingsley Plantation State Park on Fort George Island in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Houses--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Historic sites--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Recreation areas--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Parks--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Plantations--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Architecture, Domestic--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Historical museums--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Historic house museums--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Dwellings--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Historic buildings--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
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Physical Description
General Note
Kingsley Plantation was a state park from the 1950s until 1989. Tours of the house, furnished with antiques purchased in the 1950s and 1960s, were offered by park staff. In 1989, U.S. Representative Charles Bennett negotiated the creation of the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, which would include national, state, and city properties and parks. As part of the negotiation, the State of Florida purchased Fort George Island to be used as a state park, but transferred Kingsley Plantation to the National Park Service.
Accompanying note: "View of the back of the Kingsley House and the covered walk that connected it to Anna Jai's house."
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