The Eleven

08/29/2026

Thursday, the farm had guests.

Master of Architecture students from the University of Florida walked the pastures, the orchard rows, and the edges of the canopy at Congaree & Penn — the first day of a new collaboration with JaxLab, the Jacksonville studio that is their home this year.

The studio’s focus is one we share: sustainability, regenerative design, and a built environment that answers to the land instead of the other way around. Over the coming months, the students will take up many corners of the farm as subjects for further study — and we can think of no better partnership to hope for than one that asks how we build here, on ground like this.

Our thanks to the Sky Institute, and to Julia Sanford and her team whose passion & commitment made this happen.

The work begins
JaxLab

08/22/2026

Agrarian buildings were honest before honesty was a style.

A barn is shaped by hay and light.
A dogtrot is shaped by heat.
A porch is shaped by an hour of shade you didn’t want to lose.

Every detail we love now was once just a solution to something real.

That’s the only rule we build by at The Eleven — form follows the life you’re actually living, not the trend

08/15/2026

Claim No. 4 begins the way the best places do — slowly. You come in beneath a line of oaks that have been standing a hundred years, and then the land opens: a thousand feet of pasture, unhurried, ground made for horses or a pond of your own design.

At the far end, the canopy receives you again. This is where a home might settle — and not just one building. A house, a dependency, a barn set easy in the shade, arranged the way a farmstead has always arranged itself. Behind it, Cary State Forest. Nothing past your line but trees that belong to no one.

Open at the front. Private at the heart. Wild at the back.

This is the farm within the farm — a place you don’t decorate your way into, but earn, season after season, simply by being here.

Ten claims will follow. None will repeat. The Claims Register is open — come walk the rows before you decide. Link in bio.

07/25/2026

At The Eleven, we don’t think of Agrarian Revival as an architectural style.

We think of it as a return.

A return to homes that belong to the landscape rather than compete with it. A return to buildings shaped by climate, purpose, craftsmanship, and the rhythms of daily life. Deep porches that invite conversation. Honest materials that weather with grace. Rooms designed around gathering instead of excess. Every detail carrying intention rather than ornament.

For generations, farms evolved one building at a time—each structure responding to a need, each addition strengthening the whole. That quiet authenticity is the inspiration behind The Eleven.

In this short conversation, you’ll hear the philosophy behind Agrarian Revival and why we believe the future of great communities may actually begin by rediscovering some of our oldest architectural traditions.

Because timeless architecture isn’t about looking old.

It’s about creating places that will still feel right 100 years from now.

What architectural details make a home feel truly timeless to you?

RuralArchitecture

07/19/2026

Some of the best places on a property aren’t the biggest.

Big thanks to Pearce Scott Architects for this jewel.

This charming 575-square-foot cottage proves that thoughtful design can create extraordinary living. Whether it’s welcoming weekend guests, serving as a quiet home office, becoming the favorite hangout after a day outdoors, or simply offering a peaceful place to recharge, this little cottage is ready to adapt to the way you live.

At The Eleven at Congaree & Penn, we believe every building should have a purpose—and every outbuilding should tell its own story.

Because great architecture isn’t about square footage.
It’s about creating places you’ll never want to leave.

✨ How would you use this cottage?

🏡 Guest Suite
☕ Morning Coffee Retreat
💻 Home Office
🎨 Creative Studio
🍷 Weekend Hangout

07/16/2026

Some homes aren’t designed to be bigger.

They’re designed to make every square foot count.

Introducing the Palmetto Cottage—a timeless Lowcountry guest home from Southern Living House Plans, thoughtfully designed by Court Atkins Group. At just 656 square feet, it proves that great architecture isn’t measured by size, but by the way it makes you feel.

A soaring vaulted living room, generous eat-in kitchen, private bedroom suite, and a welcoming front porch create the perfect place to slow down, gather with friends, host family, or simply enjoy a quiet morning coffee.

It’s the kind of cottage that feels like it’s always belonged.

At The Eleven at Congaree & Penn, we believe these smaller companion homes are more than guest cottages—they’re places where memories are made, conversations linger a little longer, and simple living becomes something extraordinary.

✨ How would you use the Palmetto Cottage?

🏡 Guest House
☕ Morning Coffee Retreat
🎨 Creative Studio
💻 Home Office
🌿 Weekend Escape

Tell us in the comments.

Photography by John McManus.
Designed by Court Atkins Group for Southern Living House Plans.

GuestCottage

07/11/2026

Big news from the farm.

We’re incredibly honored to share that Congaree & Penn has been selected as Southern Living’s newest Inspired Community—and we’re proud that The Eleven is part of this remarkable story.

From the very beginning, The Eleven was never envisioned as another collection of homesites. It was imagined as a place where life is measured by the changing seasons, where the land shapes the architecture, and where every family has the opportunity to become a steward of something much bigger than themselves.

Southern Living captured that vision beautifully, describing a community built inside the farm—not simply beside it. That distinction means everything.

Each of the eleven 10-acre Claims offers the chance to plant roots, cultivate the land, gather around the table, and create a legacy that will endure for generations.

To everyone who has believed in this vision from the start—thank you. We can’t wait to share what’s next.

Congratulations to the entire Congaree & Penn family on this incredible recognition.
https://www.southernliving.com/congaree-and-penn-12014893

06/28/2026

It’s official — the first claim at The Eleven is on the market.

Claim No. 4 opens the register at The Eleven at Congaree & Penn, the agrarian enclave set inside a working farm just outside Jacksonville.

You arrive beneath a stand of live oaks, cross nearly 800 feet of open pasture — room for horses, or a pond of your own design — and reach a private clearing where a home sits framed inside the canopy, no neighbor behind or beside you. Open at the front, deeply private at the heart.

There will only ever be eleven. None will repeat.

The Claims Register is open. Come walk the rows before you decide →

https://cabanalane.com/listing/nefmls/2152621/Jacksonville/11185-LITTLE-TROUT-Way/


Cabana Lane

There will only ever be eleven--Claim No. 4 is one of them. Set inside Congaree & Penn, a working farm of restaurant garden, citrus, and hundred-year oaks outside Jacksonville. You enter beneath a stand of live oaks, then cross nearly 800 feet of open pasture--ideal for horses, or ponds and water fe...

10/24/2025

Imagine never having to leave the farm! We're thrilled to announce a new chapter at with 11 stunning 10-acre properties. Stay tuned!