Plum Orchard

United States historic place


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^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 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
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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plum Orchard (Cumberland Island, Georgia).

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

Peabody & Stearns

Buildings

Colorado	Cutler Hall (1877–1880) Glen Eyrie^† (1881–1882) Antlers Hotel (1883)
Connecticut	John Rogers Studio (1878)
Georgia	Dungeness^† (1896) Plum Orchard (1898)
Maine	Union Church of Northeast Harbor (1887) Drexel Estate (1903) Bangor High School (1912) Bangor Public Library (1912)
Massachusetts	Boylston Hall^† (1870) Bussey Institute (1870–1871) Matthews Hall (1871) Smith Academy (1872) Cathedral Church of St. Paul^† (1873) J. Murray Forbes House^† (1873) Frances M. McKay House (1875) Hotel Alexandra (1875) R. H. White Department Store (1877) Bromfield School (1878) Smith College Gymnasium (1879) Dupee Estate (1880) Shepherd Brooks Estate (1880) Saint Paul's Church^† (1880) Union Club of Boston^† (1880s) Saint Mary of the Assumption Church and Rectory (1880–1886) John Payson Williston Observatory (1881) Second Harrison Gray Otis House^† (1882) Henry Bradlee Jr. House (1882) First Congregational Church Parsonage and Carriage House (1883) Kragsyde (1883–1885) Bayley House (1884) Joseph Davis House (1884) Wigglesworth Building^† (1884) Groton School (1884–1902) Elm Court (1885) Divinity Hall^† (1886) Saint Paul's Rectory (1886) King's Chapel^† (1886–1922) Divinity Library (1887) First Parish Church (1888) Fiske Building (1888) Hasty Pudding Club (1888) Rev. William Lawrence House^† (1888) Exchange Building (1889–1891) Wheatleigh (1893) Russia Wharf Building (1897) Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House (1897–1902) Town Stable^† (1898) Worcester City Hall (1898) Trinity Episcopal Church^† (1898–1899) Newell Boathouse (1900) Chickering Hall (1901) Dudley Station (1901) Middlesex School (1901–1917) Soldiers' Memorial Library (1901) Dorchester Heights Monument (1902) Cotting School (1903) Norfolk Couunty Registry of Deeds (1905) Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (1905) Whitinsville High School (1905–1907) Union Trust Company Building (1907) Weld Boathouse (1907) Statue of George Frisbie Hoar (1907–1908) Egleston Substation (1909) Lechmere Viaduct (1910) Roslindale Substation (1911) Custom House Tower (1911–1915) George Thorndike Angell Memorial (1912) St. James Theatre (1912) Cambridge Memorial Flagstaff (1913) Mary E. Wells School (1916–1917)
Minnesota	James J. Hill House (1887–1891) Duluth Union Depot (1890–1892)
Missouri	St. Louis School of Fine Arts (1879) Unitarian Church of the Messiah (1880) Dr. George Ashe Bronson House (1885) Security Building (1890–1892)
New Hampshire	New Hampshire State House^† (1910)
New Jersey	Lawrenceville School (1884–1895) Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal (1889)
New York	Union League Clubhouse (1880)
Pennsylvania	Harvey Childs House (1896) Joseph Horne Department Store (1898–1900) East Liberty Market (1900)
Rhode Island	The Breakers (1878) Vinland Estate (1882–1883) Rough Point (1887–1892) Rockhurst (1891) Fairholme^† (1896) Providence Journal Building (1906)
Vermont	Daniel Webster Robinson House (1885–1886)
Washington, D.C.	Volta Bureau (1893)
West Virginia	Pinecrest (1892)
Wisconsin	First Unitarian Society Church (1885)
Key: ^† Denotes addition, alteration, or remodel

Architects
Robert Swain Peabody John Goddard Stearns Jr. George A. Fuller Pierce P. Furber John Scudder Adkins Francis Richmond Allen Robert Day Andrews Charles L. Bevins Clarence H. Blackall Warren R. Briggs Henry Budden John Hutchins Cady Henry Ives Cobb Charles Collens Charles Sumner Frost Edward T. P. Graham Charles R. Greco S. Wesley Haynes Burnham Hoyt Charles Wilson Killam Westray Ladd Ellis F. Lawrence Ion Lewis Louis Christian Mullgardt Orlando Whitney Norcross Frederick Lincoln Savage A. C. Schweinfurth Julius A. Schweinfurth Timothy Walsh Joseph Morrill Wells Edmund M. Wheelwright Edmund Russell Willson Arthur H. Vinal

Architects

Media related to Peabody and Stearns at Wikimedia Commons

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