This article is about the historic district. For the unincorporated community, see Plum Orchard, West Virginia. For the reservoir, see Plum Orchard Lake.
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 Orchard30°51′21″N81°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
^"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.
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View of entrance portico
Squash tennis court
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