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Sans Souci: Club Cottage

Known as the J.P. Morgan Cottage because the Morgans, elder and younger, lived here, Sans Souci (Without Care), containing six apartments, was built in 1899 by a corporation of members of the...

Known as the J.P. Morgan Cottage because the Morgans, elder and younger, lived here, Sans Souci (Without Care), containing six apartments, was built in 1899 by a corporation of members of...

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The Spanish on Jekyll Island

Within sight and sound of St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island was ideal for entertaining Spanish visitors to the settlement at Frederica. Major William Horton, resident of the island, received the...

Within sight and sound of St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island was ideal for entertaining Spanish visitors to the settlement at Frederica. Major William Horton, resident of the island, received the...

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Christ Church Cemetery

Here are buried former Rectors of Christ Church and their families, the families of early settlers and of plantation days, officers of the British Army, and soldiers of every war in which our...

Here are buried former Rectors of Christ Church and their families, the families of early settlers and of plantation days, officers of the British Army, and soldiers of every war in which...

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The Wesley Oak

Not far from this spot stood the ´great tree´ under which Charles Wesley had prayers and preached, March 14, 1736, the first Sunday after his arrival. There were about twenty people present, among...

Not far from this spot stood the ´great tree´ under which Charles Wesley had prayers and preached, March 14, 1736, the first Sunday after his arrival. There were about twenty people present, among...

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Christ Episcopal Church

This congregation was established as a mission of the Church of England in February, 1736. The Rev. Charles Wesley, ordained priest of that Church, conducted the first services in the chapel...

This congregation was established as a mission of the Church of England in February, 1736. The Rev. Charles Wesley, ordained priest of that Church, conducted the first services in the chapel...

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Morgan Tennis Court

Tennis, golf, bowling, croquet, polo, and skeet were the active sports during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club. ´Bowling on the green´ and croquet were played on the Club House lawn. The...

Tennis, golf, bowling, croquet, polo, and skeet were the active sports during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club. ´Bowling on the green´ and croquet were played on the Club House lawn....

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The Boat House Site

This is the site of the Jekyll Island Club Boat House where the 100 foot steamer The Jekyll Island was stored during the off season. (The Club season was usually from after New Years until before...

This is the site of the Jekyll Island Club Boat House where the 100 foot steamer The Jekyll Island was stored during the off season. (The Club season was usually from after New Years until...

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First Transcontinental Call

First Transcontinental Telephone call was submitted by a telephone of this type January 25, 1915. Mr. Theodore N. Vail, President American Telephone and Telegraph Company talked from Jekyll...

First Transcontinental Telephone call was submitted by a telephone of this type January 25, 1915. Mr. Theodore N. Vail, President American Telephone and Telegraph Company talked from...

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Demere Road

From the site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh to the intersection with Ocean Boulevard, this road is part of the Military Road, sometimes called The King´s High Road, which was built by Frederica...

From the site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh to the intersection with Ocean Boulevard, this road is part of the Military Road, sometimes called The King´s High Road, which was built by...

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Captain Wylly Road

There were two Captain Wyllys in the history of Jekyll. It is believed the road was named for Charles Spalding Wylly (1836- 1923), Captain Wylly in the Confederate Army, 1st Georgia Regulars, a...

There were two Captain Wyllys in the history of Jekyll. It is believed the road was named for Charles Spalding Wylly (1836- 1923), Captain Wylly in the Confederate Army, 1st Georgia Regulars,...

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Jekyll Island Club Wharf

Here anchored the most luxurious pleasure craft in the world during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club, 1886-1942. No other yacht was comparable to John Pierpont Morgan´s several Corsairs....

Here anchored the most luxurious pleasure craft in the world during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club, 1886-1942. No other yacht was comparable to John Pierpont Morgan´s several Corsairs....

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Gould Casino

This auditorium was the Gould Casino during the Jekyll Island Club Era (1886- 1942). It was built by Edwin Gould, son of Jay Gould, who lived at Chicota Cottage. This playhouse contained, on the...

This auditorium was the Gould Casino during the Jekyll Island Club Era (1886- 1942). It was built by Edwin Gould, son of Jay Gould, who lived at Chicota Cottage. This playhouse contained, on...

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Jennings Cottage "Villa Ospo"

This cottage was erected in 1928 by Walter Jennings, capitalist of New York. It has a total of twenty rooms, including ten bedrooms, five baths, and a coach house. A feature of the spacious...

This cottage was erected in 1928 by Walter Jennings, capitalist of New York. It has a total of twenty rooms, including ten bedrooms, five baths, and a coach house. A feature of the spacious...

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Shrady-James Cottage "Cherokee Cottage"

This cottage has a total of 20 rooms, plus 8 baths. There are 12 bedrooms, 2 kitchens (one for the servants), and a service elevator. It was erected around 1915 for Mrs. Hester E. Cantine Shrady...

This cottage has a total of 20 rooms, plus 8 baths. There are 12 bedrooms, 2 kitchens (one for the servants), and a service elevator. It was erected around 1915 for Mrs. Hester E. Cantine Shrady...

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Hopeton-on-the- Altamaha Home of James Hamilton Couper

1.4 mi. Hopeton Plantation, of which Altama [sic] is a part, lies about 1.4 miles West of here. A model rice and sugar Plantation of the early 19th century, described in books by several travelers...

1.4 mi. Hopeton Plantation, of which Altama [sic] is a part, lies about 1.4 miles West of here. A model rice and sugar Plantation of the early 19th century, described in books by several...

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Boys Estate (Elizafield Plantation)

BOYS ESTATE (ELIZAFIELD PLANTATION) Boys Estate, Georgia´s town just for boys, is located one-half mile west of here, on a part of historic Elizafield Plantation. Elizafield, first the home of Dr....

BOYS ESTATE (ELIZAFIELD PLANTATION) Boys Estate, Georgia´s town just for boys, is located one-half mile west of here, on a part of historic Elizafield Plantation. Elizafield, first the home of Dr....

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Glynn County

Glynn County, one of the eight original Counties of Georgia, was organized under the 1777 Constitution of the State of Georgia. It was named in honor of John Glynn, a member of the British House...

Glynn County, one of the eight original Counties of Georgia, was organized under the 1777 Constitution of the State of Georgia. It was named in honor of John Glynn, a member of the British House...

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Sidney Lanier: Georgia's Greatest Poet

Was a guest in this home on many occasions in the 1870´s. It was then the residence of his wife´s brother, Henry C. Day. On these visits Lanier became acquainted with ´THE MARSHES OF GLYNN´ which...

Was a guest in this home on many occasions in the 1870´s. It was then the residence of his wife´s brother, Henry C. Day. On these visits Lanier became acquainted with ´THE MARSHES OF GLYNN´ which...

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Poulain DuBignon and the DuBignon Burying Ground

This burying ground contains the bodies of several members of the du Bignon family, descendants of Le Seiur Christophe du Poulain de la Houssaye du Bignon, native of Saint-Malo in Brittany. One of...

This burying ground contains the bodies of several members of the du Bignon family, descendants of Le Seiur Christophe du Poulain de la Houssaye du Bignon, native of Saint-Malo in Brittany. One...

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Le Sieur Christophe Anne Poulain du Bignon(1739-1825), Horton - du Bignon House, du Bignon Burial Ground

Beginning with Poulain du Bignon, five du Bignon generations made Jekyll Island one of Georgia´s most romantic Golden Isles. This tabby ruin and burial ground alone remain from Jekyll Islands...

Beginning with Poulain du Bignon, five du Bignon generations made Jekyll Island one of Georgia´s most romantic Golden Isles. This tabby ruin and burial ground alone remain from Jekyll...

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