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                        Gamble Plantation Historic State Park

Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
                 A stately antebellum plantation home preserved and restored
 
In 1925, the house and 16 acres were saved by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and donated to the state. Today, the mansion is furnished in the style of a successful mid-19th century plantation. Guided tours of the house are given six times a day, Thursday through Monday, and there are picnic tables on the grounds. The visitor center is open from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday; it is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Located in Ellenton on U.S. 301 South.
 
https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/judah-p-benjamin-confederate-memorial-gamble-plantation-historic-state-park
 
 GAMBLE PLANTATION HISTORIC STATE PARK
 
https://www.stateparks.com/gamble_plantation_historic_state_park_in_florida.html
 
There are 2 chapters of printed history about the Gamble Plantation in the Blanchard House Museum’s office.  Ask the docent for the binder.

      Gamble on Cattle and Cane - from Edge of Wilderness, A Settlement History of 
      Manatee River and Sarasota Bay 1528 – 1885, by Janet Snyder Matthews
 
      Sugar Along the Manatee: Major Robert Gamble, Jr. and the Development of
      Gamble Plantation
by Michael G. Schene (Tequesta, journal of the Historical
      Association of Southern Florida)
 
Florida’s Antebellum Plantation – Part 1
An interesting website that contains a vast amount of Florida Plantation history and data.

http://www.dejaelaine.com/abplantations.html

Blanchard House Museum
of African American History
and Culture of Charlotte County

406 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950


            (941) 575-7518

Email to:
           blanchardhouse@centurylink.net


Regular Admission is Free

Museum is Open
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10am – 2 pm              Or by appointment

Season: 20 Sep 2021 – 21 May 2022
Closed during the summer

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