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A classic tabby home William Haynes'home in coastal Georgia is one of a hand ful of historic tabby houses still standing. Tabby could soon house a is an oyster shell mortar used as building material • project teaching largely in coastal . areas during Georgia's Colo young artisans nial days. restoration skills.
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By Jingle Davis "I'm not interested in Ashantilly just being a STAFF WRITER house museum if it could be productive," Haynes said. "I want it to benefit the people in this county. That's the main thing." arien A private home in His idea for the center was born six years ago coastal Mclntosh County, long after his elder sister died and another, now 99, ranked among Georgia's poorest moved to a nursing home. Widowed and childless, counties, is slated to house a Haynes worried about what would happen to the unique training center home, owned by his family since 1918, after he capitalizing on the area's rich was gone. historic and natural resources. "I knew my out-of-town Owned by book publisher William G. Haynes relatives would sell it Jr., Ashantilly Place, built in the early 1800s, is immediately," he said. one of a handful of historic tabby houses still Haynes' plans for Ashantilly standing. Tabby, a picturesque oyster shell were fleshed out with help from - mortar, has been used for centuries on the the University of Georgia's Southern coast dating to native inhabitants, Institute of Community and Area Spanish settlers and British colonials. Development and the Coastal Haynes, 86, is donating the three-story Georgia Regional Development Palladian-style residence and surrounding 80 Center's advisory council on acres to the Ashantilly Center, a nonprofit historic preservation, as well as students at the corporation that will run the project. Center Savannah College of Art and Design, who wrote instructors will focus on teaching historic restoration skills to local youths. Please see RESTORE, C6> nday, April 30.1995 ***** NEWS store: Owner wants keep home productive
itinuedfrom Cl tionwide in historic building inter proposal as a class techniques. The National Park :t. Service recently opened the Na fund-raising proceeds as tional Center for Preservation ;s hopes, the center could Technology in Louisiana, he said. is early as next year, with The Ashantilly Center would rst six students learning be the first in Georgia to focus on on historic restoration by historic building techniques, he iting Ashantilly, damaged said. 1937 fire. Eventually as Haynes hopes to teach book as 12 students would at- design. After studying fine art two-year courses, said and printing in New York, he ;s, who will retain a life es- founded the Ashantilly Press, i the property, one of a limited number of pri hantilly will also be open vate letterpresses still operating >nferences, weddings and nationwide. His work, which has MARLENE KARAS / Staff T courses in such subjects won numerous awards, was re ivironmental preservation cently praised in a book by Mar Historic house: The living room of Ashantilly Place in Dar- )lk arts and crafts, includ- tha Jane K. Zachert. ien reflects its antebellum history. Haynes aims to preserve rullah basketweaving and "Haynes is, in fact, one of that the house, which has been in his family since 1918. lilding, according to Caro- nearly extinct species, a scholar- Yiesner, a planning com- printer," Zachert wrote in "Fine ; member. Printing in Georgia, 1950s-1990, eg Paxton, executive di- Six Prize-Winning Private of the nonprofit Georgia Presses." for Historic Preservation His books, done in handset lanta, says the Ashantilly type and featuring pressmarks r is an idea whose time has hand-carved by Haynes, are col lectors' items. However, he said he tabby construction on his financial rewards have not >uilding is extremely rare been great. se you have an intact house "I never made any money at :anding. For that alone, the it, but it was a happy life," he ;t is worthy of interest and said. d attention," he said, hantilly was built in about ?y coastal planter Thomas ing, who operated the s largest cotton plantation irby Sapelo Island and re- traditional tabby construc- i the Georgia coast, cording to Paxton, there jen a surge of interest na COASTYLE
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COASTYLE AUTUMN, 1997 CONTENTS: 4 GEORGIA-pLORJDA . 6 GLYNN COUNTY HISTORIC SURVEY 12 STKACHAN COTTAGE 16 BILL HAYNES & ASHANTILLY 18 CELEBRATIONS
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On the Cover: This is the souvenir program for the i 937 game between Georgia and Florida.The Gator's team was led by Captains Walter Mayberry and nWillis, while the Bulldog team featured names such as Hart man, Troutman, "owns, Haygood, Roddenbery, Lumpkin, and Mims.The game, played sixty years o, was won by Florida 6-0.The program sold for 25 cents. Bill Haynes §> Ashantilly Press by Jerry Merwin with assistance from Jamie Griffith Merwin ill Haynes enjoys books, both for Florida State University. She had friends decided that they would spend the reading and as'art. If you think of from library school who worked in the inheritance money on rebuilding the Bart books as the only books that New York Public Library. Frances's house at Ashantilly. Bill was able to help are art, you probably have not seen a friends arranged for Bill to fill in at the his parents with the repairs necessary to book printed by Bill Haynes at the New York Public Library for a page who make the house livable again. Ashamilly Press. Bill started Ashantilly was on vacation. Bill says, "I filled in for In 1940 the United States was prepar Press in the mid 1950s and it became the morning page. The job consisted ing for World War II, which meant known as an outstanding, award-win mostly of putting books back on the building materials were scarce. Bill visit ning, private press. He learned about shelves." Haynes worked in the morning, ed wrecking yards in Savannah and printing in art school and through work first in the children's collection, then Charleston looking for materials from experience. These influences convinced went to the adults' collection, while he homes which had been built in the same him that books could be printed in an went to art school in the afternoon. Then period as Ashantilly, around 1820. He artful way which would increase the they gave him an evening job, in addi was able to get doors, windows, mantels readers enjoyment. tion to the day work. During this time, for fireplaces, molding, trim, etc., and According to Bill, "My family and Bill says, he worked with a lot of nice stored them in the house. They were able friends thought 1 had some talent for people, people with whom he remained to get the roof on and replace the win art." His interest in an began with his friends for a long time. On his days off dows and doors before the money ran experience modeling clay. The clay came Bill visited museums and art dealers. out. Soon after that the Second World from Black Island Creek in front of the During these years in New York, Bill saw War started, Bill was drafted and had to Haynes family's home, known as exhibitions of books in the Library's leave Ashantilly again. Ashantilly, near Darien. The house collection which were real treasures. Bill trained at Camp Stewart (now was built by Thomas Spalding, who He admired the books and realized known as Fort Stewart) near Savannah is better known for his plantation their significance, but did during the Fall of '41. His unit went on home on Sapelo Island. Haynes n't yet realize that he maneuvers near Chester, South Carolina. talked about his experi wanted to be a printer. Bill was born in Columbia, SC, and had ences with printing This experience was friends there. He decided that while he and with life very influential, was in South Carolina he should visit his in general though, on decisions that friends in Columbia. During the visit Bill during a he would make later in life saw the historic Hampton-Preston man recent about his career and his art. sion, which had marvelous gardens. interview in According to Haynes, "My "There is a story about that," Bill says the comfort experience in the city was with a twinkle in his eye, because he able living an education in itself, as does like telling good stories. "General room of his were also my years Hampton decided he was going to move home. on my own." his family into town from the plantation. Regarding his In 1936, after He went into town to see if there was a education after high school, Haynes nine years working and going to school, house there that he liked, and he found explains how he went to art school in Bill was tired of New York and missed this one. It was a fine house and had just New York City. "They just bundled me Ashantilly. He decided it was time to been finished by a British man. Hampton up and sent me up there to New York. return home. Haynes says, "It turned out said, 'How much do you want?'" (Laughing) There was no effort on my to be a good thing that I did because the Apparently the price was agreeable to part, just like I was shipped as a parcel. next February the house caught fire." Hampton, because, according to Haynes, It was a nice trip because we went on one The Haynes family home, which had "the General said, 'Can you move out of the Savannah Line boats to New been built around 1820, was nearly today?' The Englishman's name was York," Haynes relates. destroyed. About this same time, an Ainsley Hall, and he began another Bill's two older sisters, Frances and uncle who lived in Washington Wilkes house across the street. The architect that Anne Lee, both took part in his move to died and left a small bequest to Bill and designed both houses for Ainsley Hall New York. Anne Lee worked as a com his sisters. (The town of Washington in was Robert Mills who also designed the mercial artist in New York and provided Wilkes County, Georgia is so called by Washington monument and many small him with a place to stay while he was in Georgians to distinguish it from the court houses in South Carolina. The sec school there. Frances was a librarian at nation's capital.) The three siblings ond house Hall had built (across the
16 street from the one sold to General returned to New York Hampton) later became the Presbyterian to resume his art stud Seminary. Somebody who had money ies at Cooper Union. wanted to move the Seminary to Atlanta, One of his classes in and that's why it's called Columbia typography covered Seminary, because it used to be in typesetting and print Columbia." (More information is avail ing. The class was able about Roben Mills and his architec intended for students in ture on the web at
The mission of the Ashantilly Center, Inc. is to organize and implement a program of conservation, including Ashantilly property and its legacy, to pro vide a vehicle for continuing education, scientific advancement and charitable endeavor which focus on the natural and built environments integral to the Georgia coast. Annual Membership Categories Student $5.00 Individual $10.00 The Ashantilly Center: A facility jor Family $20.00 community and traditional skills, training and education. Donor $100.00 Patron $250.00 Benefactor $500.00 INTRODUCTION Name- The Ashantilly Center, a nonprofit corporation Address. in Mclntosh County, is the brainchild of Mr. William Haynes.Jr. Mr.Haynes and his sister, City- State. .Zip_ Miss Anne Lee Haynes, the owners of the As a member of the Ashantilly Corporation Ashantilly House, have donated the house and you will be notified of the Annual Meeting property to the Ashantilly Center, Inc. in the and will be entitled to vote at the meeting. hopes that it will prove a long-term and useful endowment to the people of coastal Georgia. Your annual dues will contribute to the operational expenses of the Corporation. Ashantilly will become a job-training center Contributions are tax deductible. focusing on the development of marketable skills in unique historic preservation-construction tech Make checks payable and return to: nologies and skills, arts, environmental training 5 Ashantilly Center, Inc. and conservation. Located in coastal Georgia, the .>> H O 7S O - P.O.Box 1449 Ashantilly Center will provide training in an area -H OQ R Darien, Georgia 31305 rich in historical and material culture. x:P™ >•» THE ASHANTILLY prises in the state not easily handled from CENTER the isolation of Sapelo. These surviving structures, confirming his confidence in tabby as a building material, are vivid reminders of an important era in the devel opment of Mclntosh County. The flat roof, made of a thin layer of tabby coated annually with pine tar, was insufficient water-proofing and spelled disaster for both houses. Ashantilly was abandoned to semi-ruin THE ASHANTILLY PRESS until rescued from oblivion by the Wilcox family in the 1880s. Their choice The Press occupies a building on the of a wood-shingled hip roof put grounds. It was established in 1955, when Ashantilly in hazard to the fire of 1937. Mr. Haynes and his wife, Natalie, returned to Ashantilly to make it their HISTORY The Haynes family has owned Ashantilly since 1918. permanent home. Unassuming in manner, the Ashantilly The property was probably The rough completion of the Press became widely known and respect inherited by Thomas Spalding from his central block and south wing, protected ed for quality in its productions that have mother, Margery Mclntosh, grandaugh- by a tin roof, and exterior doors and win received a number of awards. The press ter of John Mclntosh Mohr, leader of dows in place, restoration was halted by will contribute among the training skills. the Scottish military company defend the strictures ofWorldWar II. Restoration ing the Georgia colony. The Ashantilly was resumed in 1945.The fine propor name was chosen in memory of ances tions of Spalding's walls combined by the tral holdings in Perthshire, Scotland. Haynes family with antique architectural Spalding's cultural ability is demon material have achieved distinction that is strated by his two architectural experiments guiding continuing restoration of the - South End House on Sapelo Island and house. The Ashantilly Center is following Ashantilly on the mainland. It had become a historical and cultural precedence set by increasingly apparent to Spalding that there Thomas Spalding that still remains as one was a need for a base upon the mainland of the finest examples of early coastal Woodcuts created by William G. Haynes, Jr. because of his many interests and enter Georgia architecture. FIELDNOTES Folklife Program Georgia Council for the Arts 530 Means St. NW Suite 115 Atlanta, Georgia 30318-5793
Interviewer: Maggie Holtzberg Photographer: Maggie Holtzberg
Project: potential folklife grant and apprenticeship applicant Accession No: 98-4
Date: February 28, 1998
Interviewee: William Haynes, Jr., letterpress printer
Number of tapes: 1 60-minute DAT Number of photographs: 20 black & white
Setting and Procedure: Drove out to Darien from Sea Island with the Jerry and Jamie Merwin. They have befriended Bill Haynes and are devoted to preserving Ashantilly (see accompanying literature) developing some kind of institute for coastal culture, crafts, and ecology. He is especially interested in local crafts, preservation techniques unique to the coast, such as tabby construction, and the promoting of eco tourism.
Ashantilly was originally built in 1829 and occupied by Thomas Spaulding during the winter when he wasn't in residence on Sapelo Island. The property has been in Mr. Haynes' family since 1918.
After attending Cooper Union in New York and working under the guidance of master printers in the production of the Frick catalogue, Haynes returned to Darien and established the Ashantilly Press, a private press that became highly respected for the fine work it produced.
We entered the house through a side door leading directly into the library. One can tell immediately that Mr. Haynes is a bibliophile. Mr. Haynes is hard of hearing. It is best to speak into his left ear, but not too loudly. His hearing aid whistled almost continually throughout our visit. I tape-recorded an interview with Bill and then we walked outside to a building some 50 feet away. He purposely located this print shop a distance from the main house so as not to be bothered by his sisters.
There are two main rooms - the first houses type cases, furniture, old galleys of foundry type from previous jobs, marked up proof sheets, samples of printed announcements, brochures, broadsheets, and pamphlets, composing sticks, dingbats, slugs, and lots of type. One can barely move around in all the clutter. But he knows where to find things. And he is nervous about anyone else being there. Clearly, this is a man who is accustomed to working alone. Although now he does not have the strength to do much of the heavy lifting required in composing and printing type. We move to the pressroom where there are three presses and more typecases. Not much room to move about in in here either. fThe iAshantilly Center presents 1998 Winter Historic Preservation Speal^ers Series Saturday, January 17, 1998 10:30 - 12 Noon "Passion For Preservation" Eulonia Senior Citizens Center Lee Meyer, Architect, AIA Eulonia, Ga. racticing in Savannah, Mr. Meyer has worked with the Historic Savannah Foundation Pand the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Meyer supervised the stabiliza tion of the tabby slave hospital ruins for the Sea Island Company. Mr. Meyer has over 30 years of experience in architectural preservation and has won numerous awards and hon ors for his dedicated work in historic preservation. His presentation will give insight to preservation and especially how it relates to Ashantilly. Recipent of 1998 National AIA award for Urban Design of a City Campus. (Savannah College of Art and Design).
Saturday, "Southern Folk" February 21, 1998 Bill Burdell 10:30 - 12 Noon Ida Hilton Library Darien, Ga.
r. Burdell has been collecting folk and outsider art since 1989. His presentation Mwill include taped interviews, slides and pieces of art from his personal collec tion. Mr. Burdell manages the Fort Frederica Association on St. Simons Island.
Saturday, 'ARCHAEOLOGY - Its Workings and March 14, 1998 Relationship with Ashantilly" 10:30 - 12 Noon Judd Kratzer DNR Sapelo Visitors Center Meridian, Ga. rofessor of Archaeology at Armstrong Atlantic University, Mr. Kratzer also con Psults in the field of landscape archaeology. Archaeology is used to understand his toric landscape. He is an advocate of archaeology education in the Glynn County School System which is run as a partnership between Armstrong Atlantic University, Glynn County Schools and the National Park Service.
ALL SERIES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
After each presentation, there will be an Open House at Ashantilly for membership and the public, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Maps given out at Presentation. At each lecture and open house there will be an opportunity to join the Ashantilly Center, Inc. For more information call Jamie Merwin at 912-634-0303.
ASHANTILLY CENTER, INC. MISSION STATEMENT he mission of the Ashantilly Center, Inc. is to organize and implement a program of conservation, including Ashantilly property and Tits legacy, to provide a vehicle for continuing education, scientific advancement and charitable endeavor which focus on the natural and built environments integral to the Georgia coast. PHOTOGRAPHY LOG Folklife Program Georgia Council for the Arts 530 Means St. NW #115 Atlanta, GA. 30318
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Box 1449 »*• Darien, GA * 31305 Winter 1998 AC Education Programs Established with Winter 1998 Historic Preservation Series Lee Meyer's "Passion for Preservation" Inspires Many istoric Preservation is a key part of the mission of Ashantilly Center. In Hkeeping with that theme, Lee Meyer, Savannah preservation architect, started our first speakers series with the topic, "Passion for Preservation." He focused on the importance of architecture to our culture, and the responsibility of all to preserve our historic structures. The firm of Meyer and Heitmann has recently been announced as recipient of the American Institute of Architecture's National Award for Urban Design of a City Campus for their work on the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Other awards for work by the firm have come from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Savannah Foundation. T) estoration of tabby construction is a specialty Mr. Meyer has developed. He has studied historic JLvmethods and learned to protect structures built with tabby. Thomas Spalding, builder of Ashantilly, is one of the best sources of information on making tabby. His writings described the mixture, the lime burning process, and the use of "shutters" as a form with ties to hold the "slurry" together. n one of his earliest restoration projects, Lee Meyer was a consultant to Camden County on the I stabilization of the John Mclntosh sugar mill. He also cited his experience in tabby restoration and stabilization with projects on St. Simons Island at Epworth and the slave hospital ruins at Retreat Plantation. He also documented the existing ruins of John Couper's home at Cannon's Point through photographs and measured drawings. ne of the key factors in stabilizing ruins Meyer cited in the lecture is the need to match the tabby Orestoration materials to the original composition. This requires chemical analysis of the original building materials to determine their contents. This matching of materials is often overlooked, and according to Mr. Meyer, using the wrong materials can result in serious deterioration of the structure. n focusing on Ashantilly, Lee Meyer spoke about the long and hard work Bill Haynes has put into I the restoration of the house. It is that groundwork that provides us now with the opportunity to use Ashantilly as a center for preservation and ecological efforts. Meyer praised Bill Haynes for the way he learned to do the many things required to rebuild the house after the fire in the 1930s. yer is also enthusiastic about efforts by the Georgia Historic Preservation Division organizing M conference about tabby to be held on Jekyll Island the 25th through the 27th of February. They plan a three-day brainstorming session on the methods to save tabby structures along the coast. Lee has proposed that we implement the historic building methods program under the name of "The Tabby Institute at Ashantilly" to promote regional and national interest in tabby methods. uring the presentation Meyer led a discussion of ideas for promoting Ashantilly Center. A few of D these were: a canoe race from Ashantilly to Savannah and back (similar to races held in Colonial times); an oyster roast to raise funds (then burn the shells to produce lime for tabby); a poetry contest; and too many other ideas to mention here. Those who attended say that the speaker did a good job and should definitely be invited to come back again for another presentation. *• Page 2 Ashantilly Center News______Winter 1998 Bill Burdell Brings "Southern Folk" to Speakers Series olk Art expert, Bill Burdell of St. Simons Island, spoke to a full house in the Haynes FAuditorium at the Ida Hilton Library on Saturday, February 21. Bill studied English and History at the University of Mississippi and took part in their Southern Studies program. While there, he met legendary blues musician James "Son" Thomas, who also did folk art. The meeting made a strong impression. Since that time, Bill has been a collector. urdell's focus is contemporary artists, sometimes referred to as "outsiders" because of B;Itheir lack of formal training in art. The artists are typically rural residents in lower socio-economic groups who take up art for expression rather than to earn a living. It is this lack of focus on income that makes the folk art affordable for a young collector, according to Burdell. Some of his favorite pieces have been priced as low as five to ten dollars. He notes that the artists fall into two categories, either religious folk artists or secular folk artists. aving both the bachelors (from the University of Mississippi) and masters (from Georgia College) degrees Hin history, Bill is interested in the stories of the artists he meets. During the presentation he used slides of the artists, their homes or studios, and their work, while he related their stories. The crowd got very involved, asking questions, recounting experiences with folk artists, and debating the definition of folk art. At the end of the presentation, many people from the crowd were drawn to the front of the room to get a closer look at the folk art pieces which Burdell had brought from his collection. n addition to collecting folk art, Burdell has developed a business as a consultant to help others find art which Iis significant and worth purchasing. While he was still in school, he was chosen as curator for an exhibit on folk art for a small museum in Oxford, Mississippi. Private collectors and organizations who wish to purchase folk art ask Bill to do the research for them. He enjoys what he is doing and sees it as part of keeping us informed on what it means to be "southern folk." *»• rT^hanks to all who helped in the Winter 1998 Speakers Series and Open Houses following the JL presentations: Judy Dodd for the publicity for the Series; Jack Johnston and the Maintenance Committee for cleaning the grounds before the open houses; the Furnishings Committee, chaired by Honey Fanning, for cleaning the house; Sheila Parker for answering questions from visitors; Ann and David Bluestein, Caroline Friesner, Mattie Gladstone, Jackie Jenkins, and Bill Haynes for greeting guests at the open houses; all the Board and Curriculum Committee members who attended the presentations; Jamie and Jerry Merwin for contacting Lee Meyer and bringing him to visit Ashantilly in October in preparation for the presentation; Patricia Barefoot for recruiting her friend Bill Burdell for the February presentation on folk art; and Mattie Gladstone for suggesting Judd Kratzer for the archaeology topic in March. »•• New Directors Named A shantilly's Board has recently named three new members: Bobby Jenkins, Myrtle Newberry, and Taylor ./xRogers. Other Directors are Glenn Wood (President), Ann Bluestein, Judy Dodd, Caroline Friesner, Mattie Gladstone, Lottie Hawthorne, Jack Johnston, Jack Spalding, & Marjorie Washington. *•> Ashantilly Center Now Has Coordinator A shantilly Center's Board has designated the first part-time "contract employee" to coordinate ./Yactivities. Jamie Griffith Merwin, of St. Simons, will be the contact person for input on the newsletter, calendar, and other information. She will be coordinating information submitted by the committee chairs to keep the membership informed and assisting with grant submissions. Jamie can be reached at 912.634.0303 or 230.4227 and has E-mail at: Committee Activities A rchaeology Committee ^ Mattie Gladstone, committee chair, is planning to coordinate work at Ashantilly ./"Ywith Professor Judd Kratzer of Armstrong Atlantic State University. Mattie will be meeting with Judd at Ashantilly to discuss the plans for research at the site. Committee members will be trained and will work with Armstrong students to identify key locations on the property for further research. **• A rchives Committee ^ Bobby Jenkins has identified and purchased the software for cataloging the many books ./Vat Ashantilly. As soon as the software is installed and operational, training will begin for those who are working to inventory the holdings. Contact Bobby Jenkins at 912.832.5126 or Grant Information he Sapelo Foundation provided a "planning grant" to Ashantilly Center in 1993. During this time period legal work was being done to set up the Center. Because at that time Ashantilly had not yet been approved by the IRS for nonprofit T been status, the grant proposal had to be sponsored by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society. All the required work has since during completed to establish Ashantilly Center, Inc., as a 501 (c) (3) and it is now approved by the IRS. Activities undertaken to the the period included printing of the informational brochures, printing of cookbooks, acquisition of insurance, and repairs will house. The Sapelo Foundation requires a written report on all grant projects, which has recently been completed. This report Many allow our sponsor, the Coastal Georgia Historical Society and The Sapelo Foundation to close their books on the project. period of thanks to both The Sapelo Foundation and the Coastal Georgia Historical Society for this support during the crucial formation of Ashantilly Center. Completing the reporting requirements on the earlier grant also clears the way for Ashantilly Center to propose further support be provided by The Sapelo Foundation. «•• THolklife Grants are available from the Georgia Council for the Arts. With information provided by Don White of the Coastal JL Georgia RC&D in Hinesville, we have submitted a letter of intent for Ashantilly to apply for the Folklife Grant money. current One topic for the grant is the documenting of tabby construction methods. We hope to submit the proposal for the deadline of April 1, 1998. *»• Page 4 Ashantilly Center News Winter 1998 Education and Training Needs Assessment: Please complete the attached questionnaire with items related to education and training programs and return it to the Curriculum Committee. ** March Calendar - Please support Ashantilly Events by attending and taking part! Monday, March 2 - Curriculum Committee meets at Ashantilly at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7 - Fort Frederica Festival includes a lime burning and tabby demonstration in Meridian "Archaeology and Saturday, March 14 - 10:30-12:00 noon - Judd Kratzer at DNR Sapelo Visitors Center house at Ashantilly 1:30-3:00) Ashantilly" final presentation of the Winter Historic Preservation Speakers Series (open Friday, March 27 through Sunday, March 29 - Blessing of the Fleet in Darien in Colonial Georgia: the Saturday, March 28 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. - Dr. Anthony Parker, author of Scottish Highlanders recruitment, emigration, and settlement at Darien, 1735-1748, at Ashantilly for a book signing The primary needs Help is needed from Ashantilly Center members who will chair some critical committees. Committee members at this time are Chairs for the Membership, Fund Raising, and Restoration Committees. *• are also needed. Contact Jamie Merwin at 912.634.0303 or 230.4227 or Join us March 14, 1998 to hear Professor Judd Kratzer speak on "Archaeology and Ashantilly" 10:30 to 12:00 noon at the DNR Sapelo Visitors Center in Meridian Open House at Ashantilly from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Ashantilly Center, Inc. P. O. Box 1449 Darien, Georgia 31305 Ashantilly Center News Fall 2000 Ashantilly Center, Inc.»- P.O. Box 1449 ** Darien, GA *»• 31305 The Ashantilly Press Presents: The Marshes ofGlynn Year 2000 Edition have provided the local community ince 1957, The Ashantilly Press and Mr. William (Bill) Haynes, Jr., illustrated, and printed edition and poetry lovers everywhere the opportunity to own a personally designed, S Mr. Haynes has produced a limited of Sidney Lanier's The Marshes ofGlynn. This year will be no different. on Saturday, November 18,2000, at 4 edition of The Marshes ofGlynn that will be introduced to the public book will be available for purchase at p.m. at Ashantilly Center, Mclntosh County. This limited edition future projects at Ashantilly Center. The $35.00 each. The benefits from the sale of the book will go toward Marshes ofGlynn will be available for sale inside Ashantilly House. and Authors" for the Ida Hilton his event will be held in conjunction with the Annual Benefit "Books St. Simons Island, Carolyn DeLoach, Public Library, Darien. Authors including Tina McElroy Ansa of T Beal, Cornelia Bailey of Sapelo Island, Janice Daugharty, Buddy Sullivan, Dr. James Bagwell, Everett Maden, Niki Collins-Queen, and Dr. Franklin Ray (for Janisse Ray) of Baxley, Clarissa Thomasson, Mary Refreshments will be served. There is a William Harris will be present on the lawn of Ashantilly Center. Historical Society will offer its recently $ 10.00 admission charge for the Library benefit. The Lower Altamaha published book The Cemeteries of Mclntosh County. paper. The illustrations were he Ashantilly Press edition of The Marshes ofGlynn is printed on handmade for the book was hand set and the designed by Bill Haynes and hand cut in linoleum blocks. The type T Press. pages printed on the Chandler and Price press located at the Ashantilly Mrs. Albert Fendig, Mr. and Mrs. shantilly Center would like to express its deep appreciation to Mr. and Island who generously provided the Stephen R. Braswell, and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Rogers of St. Simons A These local couples recognized what funding for the printing of the new edition of The Marshes ofGlynn. a treasure this little book is and saw the need to have it reprinted. of The Marshes ofGlynn may be pre- f you are unable to attend the Book Sale on November 18, copies pre-order form. There will be a $2.00 ordered by current Ashantilly Center members using the enclosed I November 18 presentation. Ashantilly charge for shipping and handling. Orders will be shipped AFTER the their copies before being offered to Center members are being offered this special opportunity to purchase the general public. Page 2 *• Ashantilly Center News______Fall 2000 You are cordially invited to Ashantilly Center to celebrate the presentation of the 2000 edition of Mr. William G. Haynes, Jr.'s and The Ashantilly Press's publication of The Marshes of Glynn by Sidney Lanier. The limited edition books will be available for purchase at $35.00 each. Saturday, November 18,2000 4 p.m. until dark, Ashantilly House This event is being held in conjunction with the McBees' Annual "Books and Authors." Ashantilly Center Receives Grants ast year Ashantilly Center was asked by Don White, Coordinator, Coastal Georgia RC&D Council, Hinesville, if Lwe would be interested in putting on a Nature-Based Tourism Conference. The Curriculum Committee, Chaired by Jerry Merwin, and the Coordinator, Jamie Merwin, enthusiastically agreed. The funding was provided by a grant from the Coastal Management Program of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a matching grant from the Ecology Committee of the Savannah Presbytery. Conference cosponsors were the Georgia Coastal Management Program, Coastal Soil and Water Conservation District, and Coastal Georgia RC&D Council. he Nature-Based Tourism Conference was organized by Jamie Merwin, Coordinator of Ashantilly Center, and held TSeptember 23,1999 in Darien. The conference was titled "Nature-Based Tourism: The Economics and the Ethics." he Savannah Presbytery Ecology Committee grant also funded the design and construction of a series of wooden Tdisplay panels for Ashantilly Center. The panels were done by Noelle Dumas of A Southern Yankee Workshop on St. Simons Island. The panels now hold photographic displays concerning different aspects of Ashantilly Center, including the Haynes family, the Ashantilly Press, and the restoration of Ashantilly House after a fire in 1937. These were viewed by the public at the Ashantilly Center Open House in February 2000. his year our good friends, The Friends of Coastal Georgia History of St. Simons Island, again provided funding Tfor the continuation of the Archaeological Study by Judd Kratzer of Savannah. Phase II began in August 2000 with the excavation of a couple of test units within the front portion of the house. One of the goals is to seek the builder's trench. Work is continuing on this project. n March 2000 Ashantilly Center was notified that it had been awarded a Historic Landscape and Garden Grant from IThe Garden Club of Georgia. This grant includes funding for activities such as restoration of designed landscapes and gardens, historic landscape/garden restoration plans, and cultural landscape reports. lso, in 2000 Ashantilly Center received a grant from The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the AState of Georgia. This grant has enabled Ashantilly Center to engage an historic preservation architect to provide a Restoration Plan for the house at Ashantilly. The grant requires matching funds. **• Page 3 *» Ashantilly Center News Fall 2000 Lord, Aeck & Sargent to Develop Preservation Plan For Ashantilly ord, Aeck & Sargent, an Atlanta, Georgia architecture firm specializing in historic preservation, has been Lselected to develop a master preservation plan for the restoration of Ashantilly Center in Darien, Mclntosh County, Georgia. Architect Klaus Roesch is Project Manager representing Lord, Aeck & Sargent. Preservation Planner Amy Spinks is assisting Roesch. shantilly, originally designed and built by Thomas Spalding c. 1820, is one of the state's few remaining Aresidential tabby structures and an interesting example of Coastal Georgia's architectural style. The Ashantilly Center, Inc., who now owns and administers Ashantilly estate, plans to utilize Ashantilly as a center for job training in historic preservation, art, environmental training and material conservation. hase I will consist of a preservation plan for Ashantilly that emphasizes the preservation, rehabilitation, Pand maintenance of the structure and the surrounding property. The plan also will focus on the utilization and development of Ashantilly as a successful and sustainable civic and educational center. hase II will initiate the implementation of the preservation plan. This will include preservation of stairs, Pdoors, windows, floors, trim, mantles, and decorative woodwork, as well as the integration of modern utility systems. Restoration and integration of the remaining tabby walls into the completed interiors will also be studied. ord, Aeck & Sargent's preservation team focuses on conserving the nation's architectural heritage through Lthe preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historic structures. Representative projects include the Georgia State Capitol, the Old Governor's Mansion and Old State Capitol in Milledgeville, Martin Luther King's Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Philip Shutze-designed Swan House in Atlanta. Invitation to Ashantilly Center Members to a Public Workshop Concerning the Preservation Plan for Ashantilly Center All Ashantilly Center members and other interested persons are cordially invited to a Public Workshop with architect Klaus Roesch. The workshop will be held on Friday, December 8, beginning at 10 a.m. at the St. Andrews Episcopal Church Parish House, corner of Rittenhouse and Green streets, Darien, Georgia. The workshop will break for lunch and resume in the afternoon until 5 p.m. The session will resume the following morning, Saturday, December 9, at 10 a.m. running probably until noon. The purpose of this workshop will be to gather information from the public concerning the Preservation Plan for Ashantilly Center. The workshop will address such issues as assessment, documentation and restoration of the house and property, maintenance and site management, interpretation, educational and archaeological programs as well as job-training programs in preservation related disciplines and the future of the Ashantilly Press. Page 4 »- Ashantilly Center News Fall 2000 shantilly Center's mission is to organize and implement a program of conservation, including Ashantilly property Aand its legacy, to provide a vehicle for continuing education, scientific advancement and charitable endeavor which focus on the natural and built environments integral to the Georgia coast. "U emember to renew your Ashantilly Center membership! Members receive the newsletter to keep them informed .I\.of upcoming events and can attend annual meetings to vote on important issues, such as the election of board members and officers. Student $5.00; Individual $10.00; Family $20.00; Donor $100.00; Patron $250.00; and Benefactor $500.00. Thank you for your continued support of Ashantilly Center. ooks and cards are available by mail order from Ashantilly Center, Inc. These are sold to raise funds for the BI operation of Ashantilly Center. Contact Ann Bluestein at 437-4830 to place your order now: > Signed copies of Anthony Parker's fine historical book, Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia. ($37.00) > Ashantilly Cookbooks, containing recipes from the Haynes Family and other Mclntosh County families, make wonderful wedding gifts! ($10.00) *• Ashantilly Press NOEL cards with an original woodcut image by William G. Haynes, Jr. ($20.00) Visit Ashantilly Center's site on the Internet at the new location: ______http://www.ashantilly.org______j Ashantilly Center, Inc. P. O. Box 1449 Darien, Georgia 31305 Dr. Maggie Holtzberg 260 14th. Street, NW Atlanta, GA30318 Christine Cooper & Matt Schaffer Announce the Birth of QJMYSON Wy/ITT COOPER SCHATTER Weighing Nine pounds Born at Home on Tuesday, October 17, 1Q78 470Q Forty-nineth Street, Washington, V. C. 20016