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| Our Econo Lodge breakfast included individually wrapped Pop-Tarts, and hand-scooped cream cheese |
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| And, the Econo Lodge was solar-powered |
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| A Roadside America attraction (along the driveway to our Monticello, FL Econo Lodge): Johnny Donutseed, who has lost the arm raising a cup of coffee to his mouth |
The area of Florida between the Ochlockonee and Aucilla Rivers was home to the Apalachee indigenous people before being displaced by Spanish explorers and Euro-American settlers. In 1825, the United States government gave the Marquis de Lafayette 35 square miles of this land for his help during the American Revolution. Lafayette never visited and the land was sold.
The Harey Croom family of North Carolina purchased 2,500 acres for a cotton and corn plantation, on which the 60 enslaved persons did all the work.
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| The Guest Cottage (c 1834) was the first home of the Croom family until the mansion was built |
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| The Old Kitchen is also one of the oldest buildings on the property, and is now the Visitor Center |
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| Gray Cottage (c 1840s) may have been the plantation office |
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| Cline's Cabin (19C) was a servant's quarters |
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| Woodshed (late 19C) |
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| Goodwood Mansion (c 1840) was originally designed in Italianate style, but was remodeled by 1912 in Mount Vernon/Georgian style by the new owner, Fanny Lathrop Hopkins Tiers, who spent winters here |
Fanny Tiers also remodeled the other original buildings to turn them into guest cottages, since she had many visitors and entertained lavishly. Many of the newer outbuildings were constructed during her tenure.
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| Carriage House and Stables (1912, destroyed by Hurricane Kate in 1985, rebuilt) serves as a Conference Center |
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| Curcuma petiloata/Hidden Ginger or Siam Lily |
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| Cycas revoluta/Sago Palms with new growth seen on the right |
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| New Sago Palm leaves |
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| Water Tower (1912, on the site of an 1840s well) |
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| Aviary (1925) was built when Senator Hodges was owner, to house his macaws |
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| Laundry (c 1912) |
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| Girls' Cottage (1912) was designed to house eight female servants |
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| Former clay tennis court (1912) was converted into a sunken garden by Senator and Mrs William Hodges after they purchased the property in the 1920s |
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| Greenhouse (1925, destroyed by Hurricane Kate in 1985) |
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| A couple of the magnificent Quercus virginiana/ Southern Live Oaks on the entrance oval |
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| Before lawns were developed here in 1890, the dirt yard was common, often a Gazing Globe Garden |
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| Kent & Tamiko in the gazing globe |
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| Jubilee Cottage (c 1911) was built specifically to entertain the guests of Fanny Tiers |
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| The Pool (1912) once had heated water, a heated deck, a diving board and a water slide |
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| Rough House (1915) was originally the cabana for the pool; the story is that if guests partied too much, they were sent to this house to spend the night; however, they continued to party or "rough house" |
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| Roller Skating Rink (c 1911) was built to keep children busy, and also doubled as a cement tennis court |
Next: Goodwood Mansion Tour.
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