Ormond Beach in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Three Chimneys
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 21, 2014
1. The Three Chimneys Marker
Inscription.
The Three Chimneys, originally known as the Swamp Settlement, was a British period sugar plantation established c. 1768 on a portion of 20,000 acres granted by King George III in 1764 to Richard Oswald (1700-1784), a wealthy and influential Scottish merchant. The Swamp Settlement covered 300 acres. This site was the first successful and the oldest British sugar plantation of its kind in North America. The sugar making facility consisted of a long brick structure containing four separate furnaces feeding two chimneys which disappeared long ago. These ruins were restored in 2007. The rum distillery had two furnaces feeding one chimney which stood until 1997. Mr. Richard Oswald went on to serve as the British representative for the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which ended the Revolutionary War. He helped obtain treaty terms favorable to the United States of America, including the establishment of the Mississippi River as its western boundary. ,
A Florida Heritage Landmark.
The Three Chimneys, originally known as the Swamp Settlement, was a British period sugar plantation established c. 1768 on a portion of 20,000 acres granted by King George III in 1764 to Richard Oswald (1700-1784), a wealthy and influential Scottish merchant. The Swamp Settlement covered 300 acres. This site was the first successful and the oldest British sugar plantation of its kind in North America. The sugar making facility consisted of a long brick structure containing four separate furnaces feeding two chimneys which disappeared long ago. These ruins were restored in 2007. The rum distillery had two furnaces feeding one chimney which stood until 1997. Mr. Richard Oswald went on to serve as the British representative for the Treaty of Paris in 1783 which ended the Revolutionary War. He helped obtain treaty terms favorable to the United States of America, including the establishment of the Mississippi River as its western boundary.
A Florida Heritage Landmark
Erected 2008 by The Ormond Beach Historical Society, Inc. and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-680.)
29° 16.727′ N, 81° 4.537′ W. Marker is in Ormond Beach, Florida, in Volusia County. It is on Granada Boulevard (State Road 40) 0.1 miles east of North Old Kings Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ormond Beach FL 32174, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 21, 2014
2. The Three Chimneys Excavation Area
Photo taken from the marker looking northeast.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 779 times since then and 116 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
