Once the winter home for the Vanderbilt, JP Morgan, Goodyear,
Singer and Rockefeller families.
Singer and Rockefeller families.
The entire island was purchased and became a private club. When all the club members were gathered on the island they represented 1/6 of the world's wealth. Not the United States' wealth but the WORLD’S wealth.
The club was established in 1886 and continued until 1942.
It is now a Georgia State Park opened to the public.
The club was established in 1886 and continued until 1942.
It is now a Georgia State Park opened to the public.
Joseph Pulitzer built this cottage and the family donated it to become
the Island’s infirmary.
the Island’s infirmary.
The large dwellings were referred to as cottages.
Almost all the club members had summer homes in Nantucket and other New England areas. The Jekyll island winter cottages were used from January through March, then they left for the summer homes in the North.
If you are interested in reading more about this island and the people who wintered there, check out this book.
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