McIntosh Sugarworks
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McIntosh, John Houstoun, Sugarhouse
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Ruins on the site
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| Location | Ga. Spur 40, 6 mi. N of St. Marys, St. Marys, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 30°47′36″N 81°34′44″W / 30.79333°N 81.57889°WCoordinates: 30°47′36″N 81°34′44″W / 30.79333°N 81.57889°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 92000167 |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1992 |
McIntosh Sugarworks was built in the late 1820s by John Houstoun McIntosh. They are a significant example of tabby architecture and represent an industrial component of southeastern plantation agriculture. The Tabby Ruins, as they are also known, are located at 3600 Charlie Smith Sr. Highway at Georgia Spur 40, six miles north of St. Marys. The entrance is approximately across the street from the entrance to the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, on Charlie Smith Highway, at 30°47′35″N 81°34′38″W / 30.79310°N 81.57712°W.
The historic sugar mill site outside of St. Marys, Georgia in Camden County, Georgia was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1992.
John Houstoun McIntosh began planting in Camden County, Georgia after the War of 1812, when he established a permanent residence at Mariana Plantation on the St. Marys River. In 1819 he purchased two smaller plantations and renamed his holdings New Canaan. Thomas Spalding recommended a sugar mill design to McIntosh in 1825, and John Hamilton Couper stated the McIntosh mill was already in production by 1829.
After McIntosh's death in 1836, New Canaan was sold to one Caroline Hallowes in 1840. The Hallowes changed the name of the plantation to Bollingbrook and lived there until after the Civil War. During the war, Colonel Hallowes planted cane and made sugar, and also used the tabby sugar works as a starch factory, producing arrowroot starch in large quantities.
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