Jekyll Island Club
The Jekyll Island Club was a private club on Jekyll Island, on Georgia's Atlantic coast. It was founded in 1886 when members of an incorporated hunting and recreational club purchased the island for $125,000 (about $3.1 million in 2017) from John Eugene du Bignon. The original design of the Jekyll Island Clubhouse, with its signature turret, was completed in January 1888. The club thrived through the early 20th century; its members came from many of the world's wealthiest families, most notably the Morgans, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts. The club closed at the end of the 1942 season due to complications from World War II.
Jekyll Island Club Historic District | |
Club House and Annex | |
| Location | Jekyll Island, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°3′38″N 81°25′19″W / 31.06056°N 81.42194°W |
| Area | 240 acres (97.1 hectares) |
| Built | 1884–1930 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000385[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1972 |
| Designated NHLD | June 2, 1978[2] |
In 1947, after five years of funding a staff to keep up the lawn and cottages, the island was purchased from the club's remaining members for $675,000 (about $7.4 million in 2017) during condemnation proceedings by the state of Georgia. The state tried operating the club as a resort, but this was not financially successful, and the entire complex was closed by 1971.
The complex was designated a historic landmark in 1978.
It was restored and reopened as a luxury resort hotel in 1985. Jekyll Island Club Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[3]
Founding Edit
At the end of the plantation era of Jekyll Island, Newton Finney, suggested to Dubignon, his brother-in-law, that they might acquire the island and then sell it to Northern businessmen as a winter resort. A New York banker helped with the purchase of the entire island. By 1885, Dubignon was the sole owner of Jekyll.
In 1885, Finney and a New York associate, Oliver K. King, gathered a group of men and petitioned the Glynn county courts, becoming incorporated as the "Jekyl Island Club" on December 9, 1885. They agreed to sell 100 shares of the Jekyll Island Club stock to 50 people at $600 a share (about $15,000 in 2017).
Finney had no difficulty selling the shares. Six of the first seven shares went to the men who signed the charter petition: Finney, Dubignon, King, Richard L. Ogden, William B. D'Wolf, and Charles L. Schlatter. In all, Finney was able to find 53 people to join the club, including such famous names as Henry Hyde, Marshall Field, John Pierpont Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer, and William K. Vanderbilt.[4]
On February 17, 1886, Finney signed an official agreement with Dubignon, who sold Jekyll Island to Finney's Jekyll Island Club for $125,000. On April 1, 1886, a meeting was held in New York to create the constitution and by-laws, and to nominate officers for the club. The first president was Lloyd Aspinwall, vice president was Judge Henry Elias Howland, treasurer was Franklin M. Ketchum, and Richard L. Ogden became secretary. These men faced the difficult task of turning the undeveloped property into a social club for the wealthy upper class of America.
Lloyd Aspinwall served just 5 months as the club president before he died suddenly. Henry Howland then took up the position as president of the club.
Committees were formed to get the club off the ground. Charles A. Alexander of Chicago was chosen to design the clubhouse, and Horace William Shaler Cleveland, a famous landscape architect, was chosen to design and lay out the grounds.
Ground was broken on the clubhouse building in mid-August 1886. After some setbacks the clubhouse was completed on November 1. The club officially opened its doors when the executive committee arrived for the 1888 season on January 21.
Several nationally important events took place on Jekyll Island during the Club era, including the first transcontinental telephone call made by Theodore N. Vail, president of AT&T, to Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Watson and President Woodrow Wilson in 1915; and the development of the Aldrich–Vreeland Act for the National Monetary Commission in 1908.
Recreation during the club era Edit
The Jekyll Island Club was a unique resort, more family-oriented than the Union Club or the Chicago Club. It enjoyed great popularity among the elite classes, maintaining a highly exclusive character for 60 years.[5]
When the club started out, hunting was a major recreational activity. A gamekeeper was hired to keep the island well-stocked with pheasants, turkeys, quail and deer.
All members were to report daily what they had killed and turn it over to the club. Wild game was a common sight on the menu of the clubhouse. A taxidermist shop was located within the club compound, specifically for mounting the prize game.
As the club grew, other recreations became popular. Golf eventually took over as the club's dominant sport. The first course was located just to the north of the Club compound. Later, in the 1920s, an ocean side course was built. A portion of this historic golf course is still intact, and can be played.
Other leisure activities included carriage driving, tennis, and bicycling.[6]
Role in the history of the Federal Reserve Edit
Jekyll Island was the location of a meeting in November 1910 in which draft legislation was written to create a central banking system for the United States. Following the Panic of 1907, banking reform became a major issue in the United States. Senator Nelson Aldrich (R-RI), chairman of the National Monetary Commission, went to Europe for almost two years to study that continent's banking systems. Upon his return, he brought together many of the country's leading financiers to Jekyll Island to discuss monetary policy and the banking system, drafting legislation which was introduced in Congress as the "Aldrich Plan". Some ideas from the Aldrich Plan were later incorporated into the Federal Reserve Act.
On the evening of November 22, 1910, Sen. Aldrich and A.P. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department), Paul Warburg (a naturalized German representing Kuhn, Loeb & Co.), Frank A. Vanderlip (president of the National City Bank of New York), Henry P. Davison (senior partner of J. P. Morgan Company), Charles D. Norton (president of the Morgan-dominated First National Bank of New York), and Benjamin Strong (representing J. P. Morgan), together representing about one quarter of the world's wealth at the time, left Hoboken, New Jersey on a train in complete secrecy, dropping their last names in favor of first names, or code names, so no one would discover who they all were. The excuse for such powerful representatives and wealth was to go on a duck hunting trip on Jekyll Island.
Forbes magazine founder Bertie Charles Forbes wrote several years later:
Picture a party of the nation's greatest bankers stealing out of New York on a private railroad car under cover of darkness, stealthily riding hundreds of miles South, embarking on a mysterious launch, sneaking onto an island deserted by all but a few servants, living there a full week under such rigid secrecy that the names of not one of them was once mentioned, lest the servants learn the identity and disclose to the world this strangest, most secret expedition in the history of American finance. I am not romancing; I am giving to the world, for the first time, the real story of how the famous Aldrich currency report, the foundation of our new currency system, was written ... The utmost secrecy was enjoined upon all. The public must not glean a hint of what was to be done. Senator Aldrich notified each one to go quietly into a private car of which the railroad had received orders to draw up on an unfrequented platform. Off the party set. New York's ubiquitous reporters had been foiled ... Nelson (Aldrich) had confided to Henry, Frank, Paul and Piatt that he was to keep them locked up at Jekyll Island, out of the rest of the world, until they had evolved and compiled a scientific currency system for the United States, the real birth of the present Federal Reserve System, the plan done on Jekyll Island in the conference with Paul, Frank and Henry ... Warburg is the link that binds the Aldrich system and the present system together. He more than any one man has made the system possible as a working reality.[7]
Decline and closure of the club Edit
The Great Depression in 1929 caused great changes on Jekyll Island. This depression touched even the very wealthy across the country and membership in an exclusive club became an extravagance. Membership dropped slowly through the 1930s as the depression continued.
With the financial situation of the club worsening, the executive committee decided to create a new level of club membership in 1933. A more affordable level of membership, the Associate membership was designed to fit the needs, and pocketbook, of anyone. It was an attempt to draw in new and younger people as well as to draw more members back to the clubhouse. This new membership did revitalize the club membership roster, although only for a brief period.
World War II was the final blow to the life of the Jekyll Island Club. The club opened as usual for the 1942 season. However, by the beginning of March it was announced there would be an early close to the season due to the club's financial situation and the strain the war had on the labor situation. The 1942 season would turn out to be the final season for the Jekyll Island Club.
There was hope by the president that the Club might be reopened after the war with renewed interest. However, in 1946 the state of Georgia entered the picture. The state's revenue commissioner, Melvin E. Thompson, wanted to purchase one of Georgia's barrier islands and open it to the public as a state park. Finally, on June 2, 1947, the state purchased the island through a condemnation order for $675,000 (or approximately $5,563,416 in 2003 dollars).[8]
The club was turned into a public resort by the state, but closed by 1971, a financial failure. It was made a historic landmark in 1978 and restored and reopened as the Radisson Jekyll Island Club Hotel in 1985. Radisson ceased managing the hotel some years later, and it currently operates as the Jekyll Island Club Resort.
List of members Edit
During the club's inception, a limit of 100 members was imposed to ensure the club's exclusiveness. During the financially difficult Great Depression period, the club began referring to its members as founders and created the new Associate Membership. This membership was purchased at a lower price, but with all of the benefits that the founders enjoyed, and limited to a total of 150.
This list includes many of the most notable members and is not exhaustive.[4][9]
| Member | Biography | Years |
|---|---|---|
| John J. Albright | 1890–1931 | |
| Nelson W. Aldrich | American politician, daughter Abby married John D. Rockefeller Jr. | 1912–1915 |
| Lloyd Aspinwall | 1886–1886 | |
| Lloyd Aspinwall Jr. | 1886–1892 | |
| George Fisher Baker | Founder of First National Bank of the City of New York predecessor to Citibank | 1901–1931 |
| Francis Bartlett | 1886–1911 | |
| Frances Bartow | 1931–1945 | |
| Anson Beard | 1927–1929 | |
| John Eugene du Bignon | 1886–1896 | |
| Cornelius Newton Bliss | 1886–1911 | |
| Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. | 1912–1921 | |
| Matthew Chaloner Durfee Borden | The "Calico King", owner of the American Printing Company | 1892–1912 |
| Frederick Gilbert Bourne | President of the Singer Manufacturing Company between 1889 and 1905. | 1901–1919 |
| Marion Bourne | 1919–1937 | |
| Marjorie Bourne | 1920–1929 | |
| Robert Elbert Bourne | 1926–1929 | |
| Robert Brewster | Son of Benjamin Brewster (financier) an early Standard Oil Trustee | 1912–1939 |
| Charles S. Brown | 1924–1935 | |
| McEvers Bayard Brown | 1886–1926 | |
| John Claflin | 1886–1912, 1921–1938 | |
| Charles Richard Crane | Eldest son of plumbing parts mogul, Chicago manufacturer, Richard T. Crane | 1916–1924 |
| Florence Higinbotham Crane | 1919–1940 | |
| Richard T. Crane | Founder of R.T. Crane & Bro., a Chicago-based manufacturer of valves and pipes that would later become an aerospace and plumbing manufacturer. | 1911–1931 |
| Robert Fulton Cutting | 1923–1934 | |
| William Bayard Cutting | 1886–1912 | |
| Charles M. Daniels | 1924–1932 | |
| Charles Deering | 1887–1902 | |
| John Eugene du Bignon | 1886–1896 | |
| Duncan Steuart Ellsworth | 1895–1908 | |
| James Ellsworth | 1915–1924 | |
| Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank | 1886–1903 | |
| Walton Ferguson | 1887–1922 | |
| Walton Ferguson Jr. | 1902–1906 | |
| Marshall Field | Founder of Marshall Field's department stores. | 1886–1906 |
| Newton Sobieski Finney | 1886–1897 | |
| Michael Gavin | 1924–1933 | |
| Ogden Goelet | New York real estate developer and director of The Chemical Bank. He had residences in 608 Fifth Ave., New York and a seasonal residence Ochre Point in Newport, Rhode Island | 1886–1897 |
| Robert Goelet | New York real estate developer and director of The Chemical Bank. He had residences at 591 Fifth Avenue, New York and seasonal residences at Tuxedo Park, New York and Ochre Point in Newport, Rhode Island | 1886–1899 |
| Frank H. Goodyear | Chairman of the board of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co., Buffalo, New York and lumber business magnate. | 1902–1907 |
| Josephine Goodyear | 1909–1915 | |
| Frank H. Goodyear Jr. | 1916–1930 | |
| Edwin Gould | Son of railroad financier Jay Gould | 1899–1933 |
| George Jay Gould I | Son of railroad financier Jay Gould | 1895–1916 |
| Edward S. Harkness | Philanthropist and one of four sons of Stephen V. Harkness, a harness-maker who invested in the forerunner of Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller's oil company | 1911–1923 |
| Edmund B. Hayes | 1886–1921 | |
| James J. Hill | 1888–1916 | |
| Mary Hill | 1916–1921 | |
| Bayard C. Hoppin | 1925–1931 | |
| Gerard B. Hoppin | 1923–1938 | |
| Alanson Houghton | 1919–1941 | |
| Henry Howland | 1886–1901 | |
| Dr. Walter James | 1917–1927 | |
| Walter Jennings | 1926–1933 | |
| Morris Ketchum Jesup | 1888–1908 | |
| John Stewart Kennedy | 1898–1909 | |
| Thomas W. Lamont | ||
| Charles Lanier | 1886–1911 | |
| Cornelius "Connie" Lee | 1919–1947 | |
| Pierre Lorillard IV | Heir of the Lorillard Tobacco Company | 1886–1886, 1888–1891 |
| John Magee | 1893–1908 | |
| George Macy | Founder of The Heritage Press | 1902–1918 |
| Valentine Everit Macy | 1909–1927 | |
| Charles Stewart Maurice | 1886–1924 | |
| Margaret Maurice | 1924–1947 | |
| Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. | 1891–1936 | |
| Gordon McKay | 1891–1903 | |
| J. P. Morgan | Financier, created United States Steel Corporation by buying Carnegie Steel and formed General Electric | 1886–1913 |
| J. P. Morgan Jr. | Philanthropist | 1913–1943 |
| William Fellowes Morgan | 1925–1934 | |
| Richard Ogden | 1886–1892 | |
| Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst | 1894–1909 | |
| Henry Kirke Porter | 1891–1921 | |
| Bernie Prentice | 1928–1947 | |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Today, best known for the Pulitzer Prizes. Pulitzer was a journalist. | 1886–1911 |
| William Rockefeller | American financier, was a co-founder of Standard Oil with his older brother John D. Rockefeller. | 1905–1922 |
| Grant B. Schley | 1903–1917 | |
| Dr. Frederick Shattuck | 1912–1929 | |
| George Frederick Shrady Sr. | 1904–1907 | |
| Hester Shrady | 1908–1916 | |
| Frederick Snow | 1915–1918, 1925–1929 | |
| Samuel Spencer | President of the Southern Railway | 1898–1906 |
| George Baker St. George | 1925–1933 | |
| William Strassburger | 1919–1924 | |
| Alexander Thayer | 1929–1937 | |
| Theodore Newton Vail | President of American Telephone and Telegraph | 1912–1920 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt II | The first son of William Henry Vanderbilt, an American industrialist and philanthropist who built his wealth in shipping and railroads, and grandson of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt. | |
| William Kissam Vanderbilt | The second son of William Henry Vanderbilt, from whom he inherited $55 million, and grandson of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, | 1886–1902 |
| William Warren Vaughn | 1919–1931 | |
| George Whitney | 1928–1941 |
Associate Members: (This class of membership was adopted in 1933)
| Member | Years |
|---|---|
| William Truman Aldrich | 1933-? |
| Lynford Biddle | 1928–1933 |
| John Foster Dulles | 1933-? |
| Robert Gardner | ? |
| David Sinton Ingalls | ? |
| Julian Myrick | ? |
| George Herbert Walker | 1933-? |
Presidents Edit
- 1886–1887 — Lloyd Aspinwall
- 1887–1896 — Henry Howland
- 1897–1914 — Charles Lanier
- 1914–1919 — Frederick Bourne
- 1919–1927 — Dr. Walter James
- 1927–1933 — Walter Jennings
- 1933–1938 — J.P. Morgan Jr.
- 1938–1942 — Bernon Prentice
Jekyll Island Club Historic District Edit
Jekyll Island Club Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) historic district and National Historic Landmark District in Glynn County, Georgia. Located on the west side of Jekyll Island, the 240-acre (97.1 hectares) district is roughly bordered by Riverview Drive to the west, and the long arc of Stable Road (Old Village Boulevard) to the north, east and south. It contains thirty-three contributing properties from the Jekyll Island Club, including the separately-NRHP-listed Rockefeller Cottage and Faith Chapel. Jekyll Island Club Historic District was added to the NRHP on January 20, 1972, and was designated a national historic landmark district on June 2, 1978.
From 1967 to 1968, Savannah landscape architect Clermont Huger Lee created a master development plan with the goal to restore the area known as "Millionaire's Village" to its 1910–1929 era. Though not fully implemented, Lee's plans served as a foundation in the redevelopment of today's Jekyll Island Historic District.[10]
Contributing properties Edit
| Key: |
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| Separately NRHP-listed |
| Non-contributing properties |
| Demolished properties |
| Name | Image | Year | Location/ GPS Coordinates | Architect | Architectural Style | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker-Crane Carriage House | Built c.1890 | 101 James Road | Queen Anne Revival | Built for Frederic Baker, whose adjacent cottage, Solterra, burned in 1914 Later owned by Richard Teller Crane Jr., who demolished Solterra to build Crane Cottage | |||
| Boat Engineer's Cottage | Built 1916 | 21 Pier Road | Built by the club to house its boat engineer, John Courier Currently houses a gift shop, Something For Everyone | ||||
| Bookkeeper's Cottage Stephens Cottage | Built 1900 | 32 Pier Road 31°03′32″N 81°25′07″W / 31.058961°N 81.418586°W | Built by the club to house its bookkeeper, Julius A. Falk Currently houses The Cottage Gift Shop | ||||
| Chauffeurs' Dormitory | Built 1905 | 17 Pier Road 31°03′31″N 81°25′10″W / 31.05866666°N 81.41953333°W | Currently houses Island House Gifts The rear addition houses Jekyll Island U.S. Post Office | ||||
| Cherokee Cottage Shrady-James Cottage | Built 1904 | 191 Old Plantation Road 31°03′40″N 81°25′20″W / 31.060983°N 81.42211°W | Carrere & Hastings | Italian Renaissance Revival | Later owned by Dr. Walter Belknap James Cherokee Cottage in 1911: | ||
| Club House | Built 1887 | 371 Riverview Drive 31°03′33″N 81°25′19″W / 31.059116°N 81.4220421°W | Charles A. Alexander | Queen Anne Revival | |||
| Club House Annex | Built 1901–1903 | Old Plantation Road 31°03′33″N 81°25′17″W / 31.059088°N 81.421478°W | Charles Alling Gifford | Italian Renaissance Revival | "The Annex" featured eight 4-bedroom condominium apartments on the first and second floors, twenty guest bedrooms on the third floor, and servant bedrooms on the fourth floor.[11] | ||
| Commissary | Built c.1900 | 24 Pier Road 31°03′32″N 81°25′12″W / 31.0590046°N 81.4200983°W | Currently houses Just By Hand, a handicrafts shop | ||||
| Crane Cottage | Built 1917–1918 | 371 Riverview Drive 31°03′38″N 81°25′21″W / 31.060596°N 81.4226187°W | Adler & Dangler | Mediterranean Revival | stucco over brick terracotta tile roof | of Solterra (burned 1914) Courtyard: | |
| DuBignon Cottage Club Cottage | Built 1884 Relocated 1896 | 171 Old Plantation Road 31°03′32″N 81°25′14″W / 31.0588°N 81.4206°W | Stick Style | Only building that pre-dated 1886 establishment of the Club Originally stood on site of San Souci Apartments Relocated to present site, 1896 | |||
| Faith Chapel | | Built 1904 Renovated 1970 | 181 Old Plantation Road 31°03′38″N 81°25′18″W / 31.060556°N 81.421667°W | Howard Constable[12] | Shingle Style | wood shingles | those of Notre-Dame de Paris: King David Window by Louis Comfort Tiffany: |
| Furness Cottage | Built 1889–1891 Renovated 1930 Renovated 2017 | 101 Old Plantation Road 31°03′24″N 81°25′11″W / 31.056667°N 81.419611°W | Furness, Evans & Company | Shingle Style | wood shingles | Built for Walter Rogers Furness Relocated 1896 and 1930. Served as Jekyll Island Infirmary, 1930–1942 Damaged by Hurricane Matthew, 2016 | |
| Georgia Sea Turtle Center Jekyll Island Power Plant | Built c.1903 Renovated 2006 | 214 Stable Road 31°03′36″N 81°25′10″W / 31.059926°N 81.419540°W | brick | The Georgia Sea Turtle Center opened in 2007 | |||
| Goodyear Cottage | Built 1903–1906 Renovated 1973 | 321 Riverview Drive 31°03′23″N 81°25′18″W / 31.0565°N 81.4218°W | Carrere & Hastings | Italian Renaissance Revival | |||
| Gould Casino Auditorium | Built 1902 Remodeled 1957 | 203 Old Plantation Road 31°03′44″N 81°25′21″W / 31.06215°N 81.42251°W | Walter Blair | Built by Edwin Gould as indoor tennis courts. | |||
| Hollybourne Cottage | Built 1890 | 379 Riverview Drive 31°03′44″N 81°25′23″W / 31.0622°N 81.423°W | William H. Day | tabby concrete | Hollybourne Cottage in 1911: | ||
| Jekyll Island Authority Administration Building | 100 James Road | Built as a dormitory for married servants. Currently houses offices of the Jekyll Island Authority | |||||
| Jekyll Island Authority Offices | James Road 31°03′35″N 81°25′13″W / 31.059758°N 81.420372°W | Built as a dormitory for single servants. | |||||
| Jekyll Island Museum Club Stables | Built 1897 Renovated 2017–2019 | 100 Stable Road 31°03′30″N 81°25′04″W / 31.058290°N 81.417889°W | Reopened April 27, 2019, following a two-year renovation | ||||
| Jekyll Island U.S. Post Office (rear of Chauffeur's Dormitory) | 17-A Pier Road 31°03′32″N 81°25′16″W / 31.0588276°N 81.4210029°W | ||||||
| Mistletoe Cottage Claflin-Porter Cottage | Built 1900 | Riverview Drive 31°03′25″N 81°25′18″W / 31.0568059°N 81.4218°W | Charles Alling Gifford | Dutch Colonial Revival | wood shingles | Built for Henry Kirke Porter John Claflin purchased it in 1926 | |
| Morgan Tennis Court | Built 1930 | 151 Old Plantation Road 31°03′29″N 81°25′14″W / 31.058049°N 81.420588°W | Named for Club president J. P. Morgan Jr. | ||||
| Moss Cottage | Built 1896 | 341 Riverview Drive 31°03′21″N 81°25′18″W / 31.055843°N 81.421647°W | Dutch Colonial Revival | wood shingles | Later owned by George Henry Macy Moss Cottage in 1911: | ||
| Pump House | Built c.1925 | south of Morgan Tennis Court | |||||
| Rockefeller Cottage Indian Mound Cottage | Built 1892 Expanded c.1910 | 361 Riverview Drive 31°03′27″N 81°25′19″W / 31.0575°N 81.421944°W | Shingle Style | wood shingles | Built for Gordon McKay Bought by William Rockefeller, 1905. | ||
| San Souci Apartments | Built 1896 | 365 Pier Road 31°03′29″N 81°25′17″W / 31.05815°N 81.42144°W | Charles Alling Gifford | Shingle Style | wood shingles | Built by Henry Baldwin Hyde as a 6-unit condominium J. P. Morgan owned one of the apartments | |
| San Souci Boiler House | Built 1896 | 150 Old Plantation Road 31°03′29″N 81°25′16″W / 31.0579269°N 81.4209922°W | Built to provide heat and hot water for San Souci Apartments Currently houses the Island Sweets Shoppe | ||||
| Solterra Dovecote | Built c.1890 Restored 2016[13] | Old Plantation Road | Built for Frederic Baker Survived 1914 burning of Solterra Cottage | ||||
| Staff Dining Hall | c.1910 | 13 Pier Road 31°03′31″N 81°25′13″W / 31.0586831°N 81.4202132°W | Currently houses Remember When | ||||
| Villa Marianna | Built 1929 | 201 Old Plantation Road 31°03′43″N 81°25′20″W / 31.062011°N 81.4223338°W | Mogens Tvede | Mediterranean Revival | Built for Frank Miller Gould, named for his daughter | ||
| Villa Opso | Built 1927 | 381 Riverview Drive 31°03′46″N 81°25′24″W / 31.062855°N 81.423218°W | John Russell Pope | Mediterranean Revival | Built for Walter Jennings Takes its name from the Guale name for Jekyll Island | ||
| Wharf Jekyll Landing Wharf | 1 Pier Road 31°03′30″N 81°25′27″W / 31.0582°N 81.4242°W |
Non-contributing and demolished properties Edit
| Name | Image | Year | Location/ GPS Coordinates | Architect | Architectural Style | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Cottage | 1888 Demolished c.1944 | North Riverview Drive 31°04′08″N 81°25′34″W / 31.0689°N 81.42598°W | William Burnet Tuthill | Queen Anne Revival | Built for McEvers Bayard Brown | ||
| Chichota Cottage | Built 1897 Demolished 1941 | 375 Riverview Drive 31°03′41″N 81°25′24″W / 31.06128333°N 81.42325°W | Beaux-Arts | Entrance through a courtyard with swimming pool Edwin Gould purchased the cottage in 1900 Chichota's entrance steps, flanked by lions, and its swimming pool survive | |||
| Dairy Barn | Built 1910 | North Riverview Drive 31°04′42″N 81°25′25″W / 31.078317°N 81.423733°W | Remnants of the dairy barn's concrete grain silo survive | ||||
| Doc's Snack Shop | |||||||
| James Memorial Swimming Pool | 1927 | west of Club House | Named for Club president Dr. Walter Belknap James | ||||
| Jekyll Island Amphitheater | Built 1973 | North Stable Road 31°03′53″N 81°25′12″W / 31.064822°N 81.420033°W | |||||
| Public Restroom | behind Faith Chapel | ||||||
| Pulitzer-Albright Cottage | Built 1897–1898[14] Expanded 1899, 1904 Burned 1950s | Riverview Drive 31°03′20″N 81°25′16″W / 31.0555°N 81.4212°W | Charles Alling Gifford | Italian Renaissance Revival | Built for Joseph Pulitzer Pulitzer relocated the Furness Cottage to his building plot, 1896, and lived in it while his cottage was under construction Later owned by John J. Albright | ||
| Red Row | North Stable Road 31°03′53″N 81°25′12″W / 31.064822°N 81.420033°W | Ten houses built by the Club for African-American employees The workers were displaced in 1947, when Georgia purchased the island Jekyll Island Amphitheater was built on the site in 1973 | |||||
| Schoolhouse | Built 1901 | Schoolhouse Lane | Children of white employees were taught at the schoolhouse. A schoolhouse for black children was later built. | ||||
| Skeet House | Built 1930s Relocated 2014 | Pier Road 31°03′32″N 81°25′12″W / 31.059005°N 81.420098°W | Relocated about 1 mi (1.6 km) from former shooting range Currently stands beside DuBignon Cottage | ||||
| Solterra Baker Cottage | Built 1890–1891 Burned 1914 | Riverview Drive 31°03′38″N 81°25′23″W / 31.06064°N 81.42298°W | Queen Anne Revival | Built for Frederic Baker Crane Cottage (1918) was built on Solterras's site Solterra Dovecote and the Baker-Crane Carriage House survive | |||
| Union Chapel | Built 1898 Relocated c.1904 | North Stable Road | African-American church, near Red Row | ||||
| Water Tower/Windmill | Built 1891 Destroyed 1898 Rebuilt 1898 Destroyed 1928 | Old Plantation Road | Located just east of the Club House Both water towers/windmills were destroyed by hurricanes |
See also Edit
References Edit
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- ^ Ced Dolder. "WHO WAS CLERMONT LEE AND WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE?" (PDF). La Letter. Georgia Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects. XXVII (1): 18–19. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ The National Register of Historic Places Supplement 1974 (National Park Service, 1972), p. 120.
- ^ McCash, June Hall (1998). The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony. University of Georgia Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780820319285.
- ^ Solterra Dove Cote, from Hidden Jekyll via YouTube.
- ^ Real Estate Record and Builders Guide, vol. 59, no. 1,525 (June 5, 1897), New York, C. W. Sweet, p. 970.
External links Edit
- – The Jekyll Island Museum
- Jekyll Island Club Hotel – official website
- New York Times – 1994 article about the restored hotel
- Jekyll Island Club Wharf historical marker
- The Boat House Site historical marker
- Media related to Jekyll Island Club Historic District at Wikimedia Commons