Gamble Plantation Historic State Park


Gamble Plantation Historic State Park

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Location:In Ellenton on US 301 East.
Facilities:Historic home, picnic tables, restrooms (é), visitor center.
Activities:Guided tours.
Special Features:The only surviving plantation house in South Florida, the antebellummansion was the home of Major Robert Gamble and headquarters to anextensive sugar plantation. It is believed that Confederate Secretaryof State Judah P. Benjamin took refuge in the house after the fall ofthe Confederacy, until his safe passage to England could be secured.
Address:3708 Patten Ave
Ellenton, FL 34222

Phone:941-723-4536
Web: www.floridastateparks.org/gambleplantation
Size: 16 acres.

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