Chinsegut Hill, 1847 - a photo on Flickriver

            In 1843, South Carolinian Bird M. Pearson established a plantation on this site known as Tiger Tail Hill. He built the manor house’s east wing in 1849, one of few surviving plantations in Florida and the oldest house in Hernando County. Subsequent owners raised citrus, cattle, and sugarcane. In 1904 Chicago residents Raymond (1873-1954) and Margaret Drier (1868-1945) Robins purchased the property and named it Chinsegut Hill, an Inuit word meaning “a place where lost things are found.”

The estate served as a retreat from the couple’s tireless social activism on behalf of workers, women, and the poor. Guests entertained at the home included Thomas Edison, Jane Addams, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, J.C. Penney, and Helen Keller.

During the Great Depression, the Robinses went bankrupt and donated Chinsegut to the federal government. They continued to live here until their deaths, and collaborated with the Department of Agriculture on an experimental station to benefit Florida farmers. New Deal workers improved the property and built two cabins in 1933. The station remains today.

In 1958, two years before it opened for students, the University of South Florida acquired the property and uses it as a conference center.

Taken on: May 8, 2008

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Hernando County

National Register of Historic Places

Plantation

Brooksville

Florida

Chinsegut Hill

1840s

Antebellum

Tiger Tail Hill

Mount Airy

oldest house in Hernando County « less

Sets appears in: • Hernando County • Brooksville, FL

Groups appears in: • Southern Exposure • Antebellum more » • National Register of Historic Places • Historic Florida « less

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, 17mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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