single source the national register information system nris database or one of its mirrors . articles based solely on the nris may contain errors . please help ensure the accuracy of the information in this article by citing at least one more reliable source . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message goodwood u.s. national register of historic places show map of florida show map of the us location leon county florida nearest city tallahassee coordinates 30 27 29 n 84 15 28 w 30.45806 n 84.25778 w 30.45806 ; 84.25778 coordinates 30 27 29 n 84 15 28 w 30.45806 n 84.25778 w 30.45806 ; 84.25778 architectural style georgian nrhp reference 72000334 1 added to nrhp june 30 1972 goodwood plantation also known as old croom mansion was a medium sized cotton plantation of about 1 675 acres 7 km2 in central leon county florida established by hardy bryan croom . it is located at 1600 miccosukee road . the plantation was added to the u.s. national register of historic places on june 30 1972 . contents 1 goodwood museum & gardens 2 plantation specifics 3 the owners 4 references 5 external links goodwood museum & gardens edit the plantation home is now a historic house museum known as goodwood museum & gardens that features original family furniture porcelain textiles glassware art and personal effects . the rooms have been decorated to appear in the years surrounding world war i. the house is visited by guided tour . the grounds cover 16 acres 65 000 m2 and the gardens also feature an early 20th century design . admission to the gardens is free . plantation specifics edit the leon county florida 1860 agricultural census shows that goodwood plantation had the following improved land 1050 acres 4 km unimproved land 625 acres 2 km cash value of plantation 33 640 cash value of farm implements machinery 600 cash value of farm animals 3000 number of slaves unknown bushels of corn 2500 bales of cotton 150 goodwood prior to remodeling 1917 the owners edit the croom family of lenoir county north carolina began purchasing land in north florida in the 1820s including plantations in mariana quincy and tallahassee . hardy bryan croom a planter and recognized naturalist discovered the rare torreya tree . he began amassing the land for goodwood purchasing about 640 acres 2.6 km2 of the lafayette land grant in 1833 . on saturday october 7 1837 hardy bryan croom and his immediate family boarded the steam packet liner s.s. home in new york city bound for charleston when it sank during the 1837 racer s storm . hardy bryan croom and family were killed in the wreck . his brother bryan croom inherited the property . bryan croom began as owner of goodwood completed construction of goodwood in the 1840s . by 1845 bryan owned 2 500 acres 10 km of land in leon county alone making him one of the wealthiest men in the territory . hardy croom 1837 arvah hopkins 1866 relatives of hardy the smiths and his wife frances fought what became a landmark case all the way to the u.s. supreme court . the smith family was awarded the estate in 1857 . it was decided that in all cases where an entire family is destroyed that the last member of the family assumed alive would inherit and his heirs would receive the estate . it was assumed that hardy croom would have survived the longest and his brother bryan inherited the majority of the estate including goodwood which he finished about 1840 . bryan croom took some of the furnishings to his new plantation in montgomery alabama which later served as the little white house during the civil war . arvah hopkins purchased goodwood in 1858 . hopkins was a prominent local merchant who had married susan branch the youngest daughter of former north carolina governor john branch . in 1885 an englishman by the name of dr. william l. arrowsmith surgeon general to the italian giuseppe garibaldi purchased goodwood and 160 acres 0.65 km2 surrounding it and brought with him some of the paintings and furnishings still in the house . in 1911 mrs. arrowsmith sold goodwood to another wealthy widow mrs. alexander tiers . fanny tiers whose principal estate farmlands was in morris county new jersey was related by marriage to the fleischmann family owners of waverly plantation which was adjacent to goodwood . although she spent only limited time at goodwood mrs. tiers instituted an expansive renovation of the estate and remodeled the house to a mt vernon style and replaced the wrought iron with georgian columns . the goodwood of today is largely the result of her efforts . mrs. tiers then sold the home to senator william c. hodges in 1925 . sen. hodges died in 1940 . in 1948 margaret hodges married thomas m. hood an army officer she had met through the rental of the guest cottages at goodwood . after his wife s death in 1978 tom hood began planning for the restoration of goodwood as a house museum and public park . he established the margaret e. wilson foundation in her memory . upon his death in 1990 the wilson foundation and its operating agent goodwod museum and gardens inc. assumed stewardship for goodwood . view from the barn . tower under renovation as it appeared in 2010 . references edit national park service 2010 07 09 . national register information system . national register of historic places . national park service . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to goodwood plantation . official website leon county listings at national register of historic places leon county listings at florida s office of cultural and historical programs goodwood plantation history paisley clifton 1968 . from cotton to quail an agricultural chronicle of leon county florida 1860 1967 . gainesville university of florida press . lccn 68009708 . historic american buildings survey habs no . fl 19 goodwood plantation tallahassee vicinity leon county fl 2 photos 5 measured drawings 2 data pages supplemental material habs no . fl 19 a goodwood plantation girl s cottage 7 measured drawings habs 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