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Greyfield Inn
Cumberland Island, Georgia, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
Greyfield Inn is the only hotel on Cumberland Island, a Carnegie Colonial Revival mansion reached solely by the inn's private ferry, the Lucy R. Ferguson, from Fernandina Beach, Florida. Lucy and Thomas Carnegie built the house between 1901 and 1905 for their daughter Margaret Ricketson. Lucy R. Ferguson opened it as an inn in the 1960s, and the Carnegie-Ferguson family still runs it. Wild horses roam the island's untouched beaches. Dinner is a multi-course affair: jackets suggested for gentlemen. The 200-acre estate sits on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 15 rooms
- Opened 1962
- Architect: MacClure and Spahr
About Greyfield Inn
- The only hotel on Cumberland Island; guests arrive on the inn's private ferry, the Lucy R. Ferguson, a 45-minute crossing from Fernandina Beach, Florida.
- Lucy and Thomas Carnegie built the Colonial Revival house between 1901 and 1905 for their daughter Margaret Ricketson; Pittsburgh architects MacClure and Spahr designed it.
- Lucy R. Ferguson, a Carnegie descendant, converted the mansion into an inn; the Carnegie-Ferguson family still runs it.
- Wild horses roam the island, a designated national seashore with 18 miles of nearly empty beach.
- Dinner is multi-course and dressy: jackets suggested for gentlemen. John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette married on Cumberland Island in 1996.
History
Greyfield Inn is the only hotel on Cumberland Island, Georgia, housed in a Colonial Revival mansion built between 1901 and 1905 (often cited simply as 1900) for Margaret Carnegie Ricketson by her parents, Lucy and Thomas Carnegie. The house was designed by the Pittsburgh architects MacClure and Spahr.
In 1962 Lucy R. Ferguson, a Carnegie descendant, converted the mansion into an inn; the property remains run by the Carnegie-Ferguson family. The inn sits on 200 acres, and its bar mantle was rescued from the ruins of the nearby Dungeness estate. Cumberland Island is famously where John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette married in 1996. The inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Experiences
- Summer camp for the whole family — Press headline: Greyfield Inn offers summer camp for whole family on Cumberland Island.
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