Plum Orchard

	Plum Orchard Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	St. Marys, Georgia
Built	1898
Architect	Peabody & Stearns
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Cumberland Island National Seashore MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000258
Added to NRHP	November 23, 1984

Plum Orchard Coordinates: 30°51′21″N 81°27′55″W / 30.855933°N 81.465238°W / 30.855933; -81.465238 is an estate located in the middle of the western shore of Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA. The estate and surrounding area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Designed by Peabody and Stearns for , a son of Thomas M. Carnegie and named after his uncle, Scottish industrialist George Lauder, it was formally dedicated on October 6, 1898. Peabody and Stearns also designed various additions to the mansion in the several following years, probably in 1906.^[2]

After George Lauder Carnegie died, his widow, Margaret Copley Thaw, remarried and moved to Lake Naivasha, Kenya (on the continent of Africa). Most of the original furnishings were sold, and furniture from Dungeness was brought in to furnish the house. The house was then occupied by the Johnston family, from Nancy Trovillo Carnegie Heaver/Johnston's branch of the family.

The estate is now part of Cumberland Island National Seashore.

The mansion includes a rare squash tennis court.

Squash tennis court

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Plum Orchard Mansion". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. January 14, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

External links[]

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. GA-2362, "Plum Orchard", 10 photos

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[2] "Plum Orchard Mansion". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. January 14, 2009. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

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