Historical Marker

House Servants Quarters

Brunswick · Glynn County

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The Story

This pre-Civil War duplex at Hofwyl-Broadfield housed enslaved families on each side of a shared chimney; over 350 people were enslaved on the rice plantation, their labor underwriting the owners' fortune.

About this site

House Servants Quarters is a historical marker in Brunswick, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.3047, -81.4538 near Brunswick. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hofwyl Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Commissary - Pay Shed, Twentieth-Century Changes, and The Legacy of the Land and the Stewards of Hofwyl-Broadfield.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 31.3047, -81.4538 · Brunswick, Glynn County

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