{"nrhp_refnum":"00000389","name":"Floyds Island Hammock","other_names":["Hebard Cabin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge","address_restricted":false,"city":"Folkston","county":"Charlton County","state":"GA","lat":30.85947289650005,"lon":-82.26324726171813,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Industry","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Floyds Island Hammock, also called the Hebard Cabin, is a hunting camp site in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge near Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia. Its centerpiece is a one-story cypress cabin built in 1925 by Daniel Hebard, surrounded by related camp sites.","why_significant":"The camp is argued to represent the commercial, scientific and recreational uses of the Okefenokee Swamp from the late 19th to mid-20th century. It is tied to the Hebard family's cypress logging operations and to their use of the island as a hunting retreat. The Hebards' interest in conservation, which grew during hunting trips, and visits by scientists and congressional delegations add to its importance.","narrative":"Floyds Island Hammock is a wooded island in the Okefenokee Swamp, near Folkston, Georgia, where a one-story, T-shaped cypress cabin was built in 1925 by Daniel Hebard. The Hebard family held large swamp tracts and logged cypress there from 1901 to 1927, running railroad lines across the island. The cabin served as a hunting and fishing camp, with caretaker Billy Spaulding living nearby from 1925 to 1937. It also hosted visiting scientists and a Senate committee examining possible wildlife preserves. The family sold its holdings to the federal government in 1937, and the land became the core of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Later repairs, many carried out by Boy Scout Troop 123, kept the cabin standing, and it now serves as an overnight stop for canoeists. Associated sites include the Cook's House site, Spaulding's cabin site, guide hut sites, a prehistoric mound and railroad pilings. Together they illustrate logging, recreation and conservation in the swamp.","period_of_significance":"1901-1937","architect_builder":"Daniel L. Hebard","architectural_style":"Late 19th-early 20th century vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The cabin has been repaired and renovated many times between 1937 and 1995 and is used as a canoeist base camp. The Cook's House was removed in 1974.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.138328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/00000389.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207263","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyds_Island_Hammock","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30626958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/charlton-county/floyds-island-hammock-00000389/"}