"Jekyll Island Club" & Jekyll Island Historic District

JEKYLL ISLAND JEKYLL ISLAND JEKYLL ISLAND ADVENTURE,EXPLORE,WANDER, & MORE

How about a visit to the “Gilded Age” Let’s visit the Astors, Vanderbilts, Pulitzers, Morgans, McCormicks and more….

 A My Quality Time adventure….

After camping for a week Linda and I spent our last two nights at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. The Jekyll Island Club Hotel is a Historic Hotels of America member, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Ok, let’s check out the “Historic District.” How are we going to get around??

We initially took the “trolley tour” with a very knowledgeable guide and got the “low down” on all the various historic sites. The next day we walked (very doable) for a more in depth look about.

The most exclusive resort in the nation. It is said its membership represented one-sixth of the world's wealth and a dictate agreed upon no unwanted or uninvited person ever visit the island. The rule remained in effect until 1942. (Armed guards were stationed around the island with orders to shoot on sight.) & ( The members of the club abandoned their “cottages” during World War II and just left their furnishings) They never did return.

What does a “Cottage” look like?

The Goodyear Cottage, completed in 1906 for Buffalo lumber and railroad magnate Frank Goodyear. ( All the cottages were designed by “northern architects” so they have basements which filled with water do to the water table being what it is.)

There is a great art collection at the Goodyear Cottage.

Mistletoe cottage was built in 1900 by Henry Kirke Porter, a train locomotive manufacturer and philanthropist. He also helped found the YMCA.

The largest of the millionaires' homes we visited was the Crane House. Crane made his millions with bathroom and plumbing fixtures.  We are talking 20 bedrooms and 17 baths….

“Cherokee, built 1904-1907 for Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Shrady of New York City, typifies one kind of Italian Renaissance style of architecture. The hipped roof of ceramic tiles terminates in widely overhanging eaves. Supported by decorative brackets, the eaves contribute to the structure’s overall look of elegance and solidarity.” READ MORE

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How did the millionaires get around while on the island?

I’ll stick with the tram.

Indian Mound Cottage, the Jekyll Island home of William and Almira Rockefeller. A real “showcase cottage” OH.. YOU WANT TO GO INSIDE..WELL OK

JEKYLL ISLAND CLUB WHARF

Here anchored the most luxurious pleasure craft in the world during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club, 1886-1942. READ MORE

According to local “ghost stories” this is the most haunted house on the island. The Hollybourne is still in need of restoration but.. the ghosts of the Maurice women won’t let it happen.

Jennings Cottage "Villa Ospo"

This cottage was erected in 1928 by Walter Jennings, capitalist of New York. It has a total of twenty rooms, including ten bedrooms and five baths. Owned by the director of Standard Oil, Walter Jennings, it is the only home to be built with a garage.

“Our final stop is Faith Chapel, the second interdenominational chapel built by the Jekyll Island Club. This small, Gothic style chapel features two superb stained glass windows. At the chapel’s east end, behind the altar, is the beautiful stained glass window – Adoration of the Christ Child- created by Maitland Armstrong and his daughter.” (Attendance at chapel on the Sabbath was mandatory  but a member of the Jekyll Island Club could send a servant to fulfill the requirement.)

Those sure are some limbs on the Plantation Oak.

A Must see is::

This building was originally the “Power Station.” Get an idea of what the Sea Turtle Center is all about CLICK…

Linda and I want to  thank you for stopping by and we hope you enjoyed the post. As you can see we are back at the beach.. The Driftwood Beach CLICK

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Oh, The Mother's Day Brunch at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel in the Grand Dining Room was to kill for…

You Have All The Equipment

Quality Time Story Of The Day

A couple went on vacation to a resort up north. The husband liked to fish, and the wife liked to read. One morning the husband came back from fishing after getting up really early that morning and took a nap. While he slept, the wife decided to take the boat out.

She was not familiar with the lake, so she rowed out and anchored the boat, and started reading her book.

Along comes the Game Warden in his boat, pulls up alongside the woman’s boat and asks her what she’s doing?  She says, “Reading my book.”

The Game Warden tells her she is in a restricted fishing area and she explains that she’s not fishing.

To which he replied, “But you have all this equipment. I will have to take you in and write you up!”

Angry that the warden was being so unreasonable, the lady told the warden, “If you do that, I will charge you with rape.”

The warden, shocked by her statement, replied, “But I didn’t even touch you.”

To which the lady replied, “Yeah, but you have all the equipment!”

Have a great day..

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A Little Old Lady Goes To The Doctor

A little old lady goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor I have this problem with gas, but it really doesn’t bother me too much because they never smell and are always silent. As a matter of fact, I’ve farted at least 20 times since I’ve been here in your office.”

The doctor says, “I see, take these pills and come back to see me next week.

The next week the lady goes back to his office. “Doctor,” she says, “I don’t know what you gave me, but now my farts, although still silent, stink terribly!”

The doctor says, “Good, Now that we’ve cleared up your sinuses, let’s work on your hearing.”

  Have a GREAT DAY………….

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE:::: Passing gas 101: What your flatulence patterns mean for your health

CLICK

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Fort Frederica & The War of Jenkins' Ear #Georgia

 A Quality Time Wandering

Fort Frederica & The War of Jenkins' Ear (known as Guerra del Asiento in Spain)

 Fort St. Simons (see above map) is located at the southern end of St. Simons Island. The fort stood at the site of today's St. Simons Lighthouse  A cannon aims out over St. Simons Sound to commemorate the site.

I had never heard of this particular war…. “The 1742 Invasion of Georgia was a military campaign by Spanish forces, based in Florida, which attempted to seize and occupy disputed territory held by the British colony of Georgia. The campaign was part of a larger conflict which became known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.”

Located on the interior coast of Georgia's St.
Simons Island, Fort Frederica National Monument preserves the remains of one of the most impressive British settlements ever carved from the American forests.

Behind the cemetery and through those woods you have what is left of the “Old Military Road”

Useful Links: Battle of Gully Hole Creek & Battle of Bloody Marsh 

Have a great day and keep both your ears on your head…

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I know you have been waiting for this:::

Q: What do you call 10 blondes standing ear to ear?
A: A wind tunnel.

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Linda and I rank Fort Frederica Five stars out of Five.. key Words: Historic, Peaceful, Hidden Gem ………………………………………………………………………………….

The Word Of The Day “Silence” at My Quality Time

“Let us do as the prophet says: "I will take heed of my ways, that I offend not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth. I was dumb and was humbled, and kept silence even from good words." Here the prophet teaches us that if we should at times, for the love of silence, refrain from good talk, we should with more reason still, for fear of sin's punishment, eschew all evil talk. On account of the great value of silence, therefore, let leave to speak be seldom granted to observant disciples, even though it be for good, holy, and edifying conversations; for it is written: "In much speaking you shall not escape sin" and elsewhere: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." It becomes the master to speak and to teach; but it befits the disciple to be silent and to listen. If anything be asked of the superior, therefore, let it be sought with all humility and respectful submission. But as for buffoonery and talk that is vain and stirs laughter, we condemn such things everywhere with a perpetual ban, and forbid the disciple to open his mouth for such conversation.
--Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 6, "On Silence"

Have a GREAT day….

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The Word Of The Day “Silence” Photos:: St. Simons Island