Greyfield
Greyfield Inn is located in Georgia
Greyfield Inn
Greyfield Inn is located in the United States
Greyfield Inn
LocationCumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Coordinates30°46′47″N 81°28′07″W / 30.77979°N 81.46854°W / 30.77979; -81.46854
Area203 acres (0.82 km2)
Built1901-1905
ArchitectColbert A. MacClure; Albert H. Spahr
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] The inn is also a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[2]

It has also been known as Greyfield Inn since opening to the public as an inn in 1962.[3] 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.[3] Their daughter Lucy Carnegie Ferguson lived in the house for over seventy years.[4] The Carnegie family owns and manages the Inn.

The NRHP-listed area is 203 acres (0.82 km2) and includes six contributing buildings and four contributing structures.[3]

On Sept. 21, 1996, the First African Baptist Church on the north end of the island was the location of the John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette wedding.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hotel History - Greyfield Inn". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ Proposed Cumberland Island National Seashore: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation. Washington. D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1972.
  5. ↑ "JFK Jr.'s Wedding Isle : Cumberland Island's isolation offers peace and privacy for celebs, plain folk alike". November 10, 1996. Retrieved January 1, 2023.


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