Birdsong Nature Center
Historic house in Georgia, United States
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Birdsong Nature Center, formerly the Dickey-Birdsong Plantation, is a 565-acre (229 ha) historic district property. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It includes four contributing buildings, five contributing structures, and a contributing site.[1] It is a wildlife preserve.
Dickey-Birdsong Plantation | |
Dickey-Komarek House | |
  Location within Georgia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Meridian Rd., off State Route 93 west of Beachton, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 30.70306°N 84.19314°W |
| Area | 565 acres (229 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000741[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1995 |
It has a 1912 dwelling, the "Dickey-Komarek House", which includes Classical Revival architectural details, and is a frame one-and-a-half-story building built in 1912 by expanding upon a mid-1800s dogtrot house. It has an 1858 barn and outbuildings built in the 1900s.[2]
The property was purchased from the Dickey family in 1938. It became a site of ecological research and fire experimentation.[3]
The property is now the Birdsong Nature Center on Birdsong Road.[4] Birdsong Nature Center was created as a 501c3 corporation in 1986. Its mission is "to foster awareness, understanding, and appreciation of nature and its interrelationships."[3]
