Greyfield Inn

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Greyfield
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Greyfield Inn is located in Georgia
Greyfield Inn
LocationCumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Coordinates30°46′47″N 81°28′07″W / 30.77979°N 81.46854°W / 30.77979; -81.46854Coordinates: 30°46′47″N 81°28′07″W / 30.77979°N 81.46854°W / 30.77979; -81.46854
Area203 acres (0.82 km2)
Built1901-1905
Architect;
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSCumberland Island National Seashore MRA
NRHP reference No.03000675[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 2003

Greyfield is an estate with a Colonial Revival-style house of the same name on Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

It has also been known as Greyfield Inn since opening to the public as an inn in 1962.[2] The house was built during 1901 to 1905 for Margaret Carnegie Ricketson and her husband Oliver Ricketson, and was one of several built for Carnegie family members within a large Carnegie family estate on Cumberland.[2] Their daughter Lucy Carnegie Ferguson lived in the house for over seventy years.[3]

The NRHP-listed area is 203 acres (0.82 km2) and includes six contributing buildings and four contributing structures.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. and Zachary Z. Zoul (May 7, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greyfield / Greyfield Inn". National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2017. With 27 photos.
  3. ^ Proposed Cumberland Island National Seashore: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation. Washington. D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1972.

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