{{Short description|Historic site in Glynn County, Georgia, US}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP | name = Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = GA Jekyll Island Horton House Hist Site house07.jpg | caption = | location = Riverview Dr., Jekyll Island, Georgia | coordinates = {{coord|31.10177|N|81.41456|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Georgia#USA | map_caption = Location in Georgia##Location in United States | built = 1743 | builder = Maj. William Horton | added = September 28, 1971 | area = {{convert|9.9|acre}} | refnum = 71000278<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
'''Horton House''' (also known as '''Horton-duBignon House''', '''Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery''') is a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
The tabby house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major William Horton, a top military aide to General James Oglethorpe. Horton also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery (the ruins of which are a few hundred yards down the road). This structure has been meticulously preserved over the past 100 years as an example of coastal Georgia building techniques and as one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.
Across the street from the Horton House ruins is the du Bignon cemetery, a tabby wall surrounding the graves of five people: Ann Amelia du Bignon, Joseph du Bignon, Marie Felicite Riffault, Hector deLiyannis, and George Harvey. Horton House, the Brewery Ruins, and the cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jekyllisland.com/About/HistoryofJekyllIsland/HistoricSites/HortonHouse.aspx |title=Horton House on Jekyll Island |publisher=Jekyllisland.com |accessdate=2012-10-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008092448/http://www.jekyllisland.com/About/HistoryofJekyllIsland/HistoricSites/HortonHouse.aspx |archivedate=2012-10-08 }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=150px> File:Horton House outside.JPG|Outside File:Horton House inside 1.JPG|Inside wall File:DuBignon cemetery, Jekyll Island, Georgia.JPG|The duBignon Cemetery across from the house File:Horton House historical marker.JPG|Historical marker for Maj. Horton File:21-05-060-marker.jpg|Historical marker for Cemetery </gallery>
==See also== * List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/sites/horton.htm NPS website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106055732/http://www.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/sites/horton.htm |date=November 6, 2011 }} * [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/glynn/major-william-horton Major William Horton] historical marker * {{Commons category-inline|Horton House Historic Site}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Houses completed in 1743 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Houses in Glynn County, Georgia Category:Tabby buildings Category:Tourist attractions in Glynn County, Georgia Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Glynn County, Georgia Category:1743 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Category:Jekyll Island Category:Ruins on the National Register of Historic Places Category:Brewery buildings in the United States