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Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

Historic planted gardens and plantation district in Florida, USA

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The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens is a 1,176-acre (4.76 km2) Florida State Park, botanical garden and historic site, located in Tallahassee, in northeastern Florida. The address is 3540 Thomasville Road. The gardens are also a U.S. historic district known as the Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District. It received that designation on August 16, 2002. According to the National Register of Historic Places, it contains 18 historic buildings, 4 structures and 4 objects.

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Historic district designation

August 16, 2002

Vineyard established

1882

Leon County prohibition vote

1904

Maclay House constructed

1909

Maclay purchase and Killearn estate formed

1923

Gardens opened to public

1946

Donation to state agency predecessor

1953

Renamed in Maclay's honor

1965

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Coordinates

30.52° N, -84.25° E