- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Dungeness (Cumberland Island, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Linley, John
- Date of Original:
- 1978-12
- Subject:
- Free Style (architecture)
Stone
Rock
Vacation houses
Houses
Dwellings
Ruins
Architecture--Georgia--Cumberland Island
Architecture--Georgia--Camden County
Miller, Phineas--Homes and haunts
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1753-1814--Homes and haunts
Carnegie, Thomas Morrison, 1844-1886--Homes and haunts
Carnegie, Lucy C.--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Camden County, Cumberland Island, 30.85107, -81.44843
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Cumberland Island, Ga.
Stone ruins of Carnegie family vacation home. The history of Dungeness dates to James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia colony, who built two forts on the island in 1736. In 1783, Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene acquired nearly 11,000 acres of the island in exchange for a bad debt. His widow built a house in 1803, which burned in 1866. The property was purchased by Andrew Carnegie's brother Thomas from General William Davis (former Confederate soldier) for his wife Lucy in 1882. Lucy Carnegie also built several homes on the island for her children: Plum Orchard mansion for her son George Lauder Carnegie and Greyfield House for her daughter Margaret "Retta" Carnegie. The Carnegies moved out of Dungeness in 1925 because of costly upkeep, but the estate was maintained through Lucy Carnegie's estate. In 1959, Dungeness was burned to the ground by an arsonist. The ruins remain, though, and include what is called Tabby House, the oldest house on Cumberland Island and the only building the Carnegies spared when they rebuilt the area from the ruins of the Greene estate. The house was built around 1800 of tabby, a kind of concrete made of oyster shells, lime and sand.
Date of structure: 1884. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0344
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0344#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0344/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], John Linley, Box 8
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
