Kingsley Plantation is the site of a former estate on Fort George Island, in Duval County, Florida, that was named for its developer and most famous owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. It is located at the northern tip of Fort George Island at Fort George Inlet, and is part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Kingsley's house is the oldest plantation house still standing in Florida, and the solidly-built village of slave cabins is one of the best preserved in the United States. It is also "the oldest surviving antebellum Spanish Colonial plantation in the United States."
Kingsley Plantation
Shell mound left by Timucua inhabitants of Fort George Island was used as building material at Kingsley Plantation
Etching of the owner's house on Fort George Island, showing one of the unique pavilions
Fort George Island, showing Kingsley's and Ma'am Anna Houses on shore, 1878. Note outline of house roof is different, as it includes rooms removed during restoration.
For the island in James Bay, Canada, see Chisasibi.
Fort George Island Historical Marker
Fort George Island Historical Marker (reverse)
Tabby ruins of uncompleted building built by Charles Thompson in 1854, Fort George Island
Fort George Island shell mound, 1870
