The Property
35 Acres. 1 Purpose
The Onyx Manor campus in Springfield, Georgia is a piece of land that holds a lot more than buildings. It holds possibility. Two stocked ponds, open land for agricultural education, gardens, and a small collection of farm animals are all teaching aids.
This is not a manicured campus designed to impress from the road. It is a working campus designed to form people. Come expecting to see something real.
The Schoolhouse
Real Learning in a One-Room Schoolhouse
Located on a dedicated five-acre portion of the property, Faithful Roots Schoolhouse is a private micro-school independently owned and operated by Jessica and Dalton Mitchell and supported by a shared vision for thoughtful, Christian, hands-on education.
The school is being developed through the renovation of an existing residence into a welcoming schoolhouse aligned with the architectural character and aesthetic of the broader campus.
Through planned access to portions of the surrounding campus environment, students may participate in nature-based learning, interaction with animals, pond and outdoor experiences, and practical life-skills opportunities.
The Community Hall
1,900 Square Feet of Flex
Originally built as an 11-car garage, this space has been thoughtfully transformed into a multipurpose community room. It now serves as a flexible setting for workshops, meetings, and classes.
Large roll-up doors line the space, opening wide to bring the outdoors in and create an easy connection to the surrounding landscape. When closed, the room becomes a fully climate-controlled environment, comfortable in every season.
The Manor
Stay with Intention
The Onyx residence is a 5,000-square-foot, three-bedroom home available for private rental on Friday through Sunday.
Whether you’re hosting a small retreat, visiting the campus for an event, or simply looking for a distinctive place to stay in Springfield, the residence offers something that a hotel cannot: waking up on 35 acres with nowhere to rush to. Guests may wander to the ponds, walk the gardens, or sit with the open land and let the hours lengthen.
The residence is booked separately from the gathering hall, though groups may reserve both for a more complete experience.
The Land
Where the Water Teaches and the Soil Speaks
Ponds: Two stocked ponds anchor the property as patient as old men, waiting for the small ceremonies of bait and line that come on Family Fishing Day.
Agriculture: Near the ponds, the gardens tell a busier story. Young hands from Faithful Roots Schoolhouse press seeds into the earth with a seriousness that no book quite commands. What rises is not only vegetables, but a certain knowing.
Farm: The animals play their part too, quiet instructors in a curriculum that needs no chalkboard. Here, lessons are gathered rather than assigned.
It’s not an excursion arranged for novelty, but a habit of days, steady and plain, like truth itself.
The Gathering Hall (Coming Soon)
5,000 Square Feet of Possibility
As the social heart of The Onyx Manor, the gathering hall redefines the modern barn through a lens of transparency and light. While the floor plan offers a generous canvas for any occasion, the six signature glass rollup doors keep the experience grounded in nature, perfect for:
Church retreats that need both structure and space to step away, reflect, and reconnect
Farmers markets, artisan showcases, and pop-ups that bring makers and neighbors together
Workshops, classes, and meetings where people learn practical skills and exchange ideas
Family gatherings that bring generations together in a setting designed for time well spent
Available for private rental Friday through Sunday, the gathering hall is designed to carry both intimacy and energy. Fifty people can fill it with warmth. One hundred can fill it with life. Either way, the space adapts, holds, and lets the moments become what they were meant to be.
What’s Coming
The campus is not finished.
Every great campus is always under construction, not because it wasn’t planned well, but because it was planned to grow. The Onyx Manor’s next chapter includes a pavilion, walking trails, expanded garden and agricultural spaces, an archery range for outdoor education programming, and additional retreat and programming infrastructure as the needs evolve.
These aren’t distant dreams. They’re funded milestones. If you’d like to put your name behind any of them, we’d like to talk.
