Goodwood Museum and Gardens

The Goodwood Museum and Gardens is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The Goodwood Estate was built in the 1830s by Hardy Croom. This North Carolina resident intended to make the mansion the full-time residence of him and his family, but on their way to Florida, their ship sank. Hardy's brother Bryan completed construction of the mansion, creating the centerpiece of his extensive property ownership in the sate. In 1948, a woman named Margaret Hodges, who had been living on the property of Goodwood, married Thomas M. Hood. Hood and Hodgest lived together at Goodwood until 1978, when Hodges died. Hood began a restoration fo Goodwood and turned it into a museum and public park, establishing the Margaret E. Wilson Foundation in his wife's memory. The Main House is open to the public and is one of the finest examples of an antebellum plantation house in the region. It features fresco ceilings and a collection of furnishings that are original to the home. As families would move into and out of the house over the years, they would leave their furniture and many of their personal belongings. The collection of items on display at Goodwood today is extraordinary. It includes textiles, porcelain, furniture, art, glassware and more.