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Historic Jekyll Island is located on the Georgia Coast.  The center of the Island, the Jekyll Island Club Historic District has been listed since 1978 in the National Register of Historic Places.  Although it’s owned by the State of Georgia, a small amount of commercial and residential development is allowed. Also located near the Historic District is the ruins of the Horton House, occupied by Major William Horton (ca. 1742).  The Jekyll Island Authority and the Fanning Institute are currently working on their 2010 Master Plan. LINK: http://www.jekyllislandhistory.com/index.shtml Master Plan Site: http://www.jekyllmasterplan.org/

Mission San Luis was built in 1633 in what is now Tallahassee, Florida, about 2 miles from the Capitol.  In 1704 it was evacuated and burned to keep it from falling into the hands of British and Creek Indian raiders.  Beginning in 1996, Renker Eich Parks Architects, of St. Petersburg, Florida, with Herchel Sheperd, FAIA, undertook designing the reconstruction of many of the buildings in the mission using archeological and historical evidence to conjecture the architecture of the buildings to how they would originally have been built. The buildings that have since been reconstructed include the Church, the Convento, the Council House, the Chief's House, the Fort and Blockhouse, and a typical Spanish House as well as many minor features around the site.- ( Wikipedia Article Link )   Reconstructed Council House Council House Interior Council House Interior-Roof Blacksmith Shop Fort with dry moat Church Interior Church Interior Spanish House Spanish House and Ground