Three Chimneys Archaeological Site

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Three Chimneys Archaeological Site
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Historic plaque at the site
Location Ormond Beach, Florida Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Coordinates 29°16′45.1″N81°04′30.5″W / 29.279194°N 81.075139°W / 29.279194; -81.075139
NRHP reference No. 10000757 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 2010

Three Chimneys Archaeological Site is located at 715 West Granada Boulevard in Ormond Beach, Florida. The three chimneys within the site were part of a sugar-processing plant owned by Richard Oswald, a wealthy Scottish merchant, who owned a nearby plantation throughout the British rule of Florida. That plantation is now on the grounds of Tomoka State Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 2010.

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The site has been excavated. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Sweet Cane: The Architecture of the Sugar Works of East Florida by Lucy B. Wayne pages 53, 162

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