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Unit Name: Orman House Historic State Park
Acres: 9.60 Managing
Agency:
Description:
DRP
Current Management Plan
Approved:
The residence built in 1838 by Thomas Orman was used for both business and social gatherings by
Orman, a cotton merchant and businessman in Apalachicola from 1840 to the 1870s. The house
features details of both federal and Greek revival styles. The Division manages the adjacent
Chapman Botanical Gardens; a park developed by the City of Apalachicola, and cooperatively
manages the adjacent Three Servicemen Detail Memorial Plaza, containing a detail of the Thomas
Hart “Three Servicemen” statue from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Accomplishments:
Resource Management
• Removed 95 percent of exotic plants from the site
• Extensive debris removal / Chapman Gardens
• DHR Grant to preserve servant quarters awarded
Visitor Services
• Attendance has shown a steady increase to more than double its level during the reporting
period.(from 1,227 in FY 06/07 to 3,744 in FY 09/10
• Established annual Chamber of Commerce and Christmas events
Capital Improvements
• Completed Orman House Restoration Project
• Completed Chapman Gardens Parking Project
• Converted lighting system to energy efficient fixtures in Chapman Gardens
• Completed boundary fence project
Other
• Staff and volunteers received a Davis Productivity Award for work on Chapman Gardens
• CSO reorganized to benefit all properties managed by St. George Island
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2003