Twelve Oaks

In Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, Twelve Oaks is the plantation home of the Wilkes family in Clayton County, Georgia named for the twelve great oak trees that surround the family mansion in an almost perfect circle. The Twelve Oaks was described as a "beautiful white-columned house that crowned the hill like a Greek Temple," having true southern charm and whimsy. Margaret Mitchell came up with the idea for The Twelve Oaks and modeled the home after an actual antebellum mansion located in the historic area of Covington, Georgia. The home that inspired Margaret Mitchell's Twelve Oaks in the movie Gone With the Wind has been renovated and is now open as a bed and breakfast and event facility. Nestled in the heart of Covington, Georgia. The Twelve Oaks, so named from the movie, is conveniently located thirty minutes east of Atlanta.

Built in 1836, The Twelve Oaks in Covington, GA, is massive at over 11,000 square feet. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered by many to be one of the best examples of antebellum architecture in the south. It has been featured in numerous publications and books and, since opening as a bed and breakfast, has received numerous awards. In his book Antebellum Homes of Georgia, David King Gleason writes, “Margaret Mitchell saw a photograph of the house in the Atlanta Journal in February, 1939. She sent the clipping to Wilbur Kurtz, an Atlanta historian and Civil War authority who was in Hollywood consulting with the set designers of Gone With the Wind, saying, “I like this for Ashley’s home,” referring to Twelve Oaks.” In David O Selznik's Gone with the Wind, the article is posted next to Twelve Oaks in the movie, so you can see a comparison of how Margaret Mitchell's inspiration materialized.

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