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The High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District, on Cumberland Island near St. Marys, Georgia, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is located within Cumberland Island National Seashore.
The Cumberland Island Visitor Center, Cumberland Island Museum, and Lang concession ferry to the island are located in the city of St. Marys, Georgia. Public access via the ferry is limited, reservations are recommended. Camping is allowed in the seashore. The 9,886-acre (40.01 km 2) Cumberland Island Wilderness is part of the seashore.
[5]: 205 The site apparently took its name from John W. Gray, a planter from Jekyll Island who in 1825 bought a 500 acre tract, then known as the Springs Plantation, south of the Stafford Plantation. [ 5 ] : 134 The Springs was the site of a home built in the early 1800s by Martha Nightingale, a daughter of Nathanael Greene , and her husband.
Cumberland Island is actually two islands—the island proper and Little Cumberland Island—connected by a marsh. Little Cumberland is a separate island and not a part of Cumberland Island. As are the private properties on Cumberland Island, Little Cumberland Island has been maintained with a nature and conservation mission for over 60 years.
Address Restricted (on Cumberland Island) St. Marys: 5: Greyfield: Greyfield: July 24, 2003 : Cumberland Island: 6: High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District: December 22, 1978 : NE of St. Marys on Cumberland Island
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
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Plum Orchard is an estate located in the middle of the western shore of Cumberland Island, Georgia 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 ...