Horton House

	Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Location in Georgia Location in United States
Location	Riverview Dr., Jekyll Island, Georgia
Coordinates	31°06′06″N 81°24′52″W / 31.10177°N 81.41456°W
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1743
Built by	Maj. William Horton
NRHP reference No.	71000278
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.^[2]

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Outside
Inside wall
The duBignon Cemetery across from the house
Historical marker for Maj. Horton
Historical marker for Cemetery

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Horton House on Jekyll Island". Jekyllisland.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

External links

NPS website Archived November 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Major William Horton historical marker
Media related to Horton House Historic Site at Wikimedia Commons

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Horton House on Jekyll Island". Jekyllisland.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

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