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This article is about the historic district. For the unincorporated community, see Plum Orchard, West Virginia. For the reservoir, see Plum Orchard Lake.

Plum Orchard Historic District
Plum Orchard is located in Georgia
Plum Orchard
Plum Orchard is located in the United States
Plum Orchard
Nearest citySt. Marys, Georgia
Built1898
ArchitectPeabody & Stearns
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSCumberland Island National Seashore MRA
NRHP reference No.84000258[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1984

Plum Orchard 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 George Lauder Carnegie, 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. 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 also includes a rare squash tennis court.

  • View of entrance portico
    View of entrance portico
  • Squash tennis court
    Squash tennis court
  • A closer view of the mansion, circa 2000
    A closer view of the mansion, circa 2000

See also

References

  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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