Greyfield | |
Location | Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 30°46′47″N 81°28′07″W / 30.77979°N 81.46854°W |
Area | 203 acres (0.82 km2) |
Built | 1901-1905 |
Architect | MacClure & Spahr |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Cumberland Island National Seashore MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 03000675 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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]