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Wormsloe Historic Site

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The   Wormsloe Historic Site , informally known as   Wormsloe Plantation , is a state historic site near   Savannah, Georgia , in the southeastern United States. The site consists of 822 acres (3.33 km 2 ) protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders,   Noble Jones   (c. 1700-1775). The site includes a picturesque 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oak   avenue , the ruins of Jones' fortified house built of   tabby , [2]   a museum, and a demonstration area interpreting colonial daily life. In 1736, Noble Jones obtained a grant for 500 acres (2.0 km 2 ) of land on the  Isle of Hope  that would form the core of Wormsloe. He constructed a fortified house on the southeastern tip of the island overlooking the Skidaway Narrows, a strategic section of the Skidaway River located along the  Intracoastal Waterway  roughly halfway between downtown Savannah and the  Atlantic Ocean . The fortified house was part of a network of