{"nrhp_refnum":"72000385","name":"Jekyll Island Club","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Between Riverview Dr. and Old Village Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jekyll Island","county":"Glynn County","state":"GA","lat":31.05975396100007,"lon":-81.42212061476768,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1978-06-16","areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 240-acre historic district on the western shore of Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia, containing the Jekyll Clubhouse (1887), the Club Annex, the Sans Souci apartment building, and numerous private 'cottages' built from 1892 to 1928.","why_significant":"The district preserves the winter resort village of a private club of wealthy northern families, active from 1888 until its closure in 1942. Events tied to it include the 1910 drafting of the Federal Reserve Act and a 1915 transcontinental telephone call. It also holds a wide range of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles in one setting.","narrative":"Jekyll Island's Old Village Area covers 240 acres on the island's western shore, where a large brick and wood Victorian clubhouse built in 1887 anchors a group of grand seasonal 'cottages' beneath live oaks and Spanish moss. The Jekyll Island Club, founded in 1888 with membership limited to one hundred, drew families such as the Rockefellers, Morgans, Pulitzers and Vanderbilts. Apartment buildings such as the Club Annex and Sans Souci foreshadowed later condominiums, and Faith Chapel (1904) holds stained glass by Tiffany and Maitland Armstrong. The village included shops, a school, a dock and a power plant, making it largely self-sufficient. The first draft of the Federal Reserve Act was written here in 1910, and a 1915 transcontinental telephone call was placed from the island. Wartime concerns ended club activity in 1942, and the state bought the island in 1947. Today the district serves as a museum village, with Rockefeller Cottage housing the Jekyll Museum.","period_of_significance":"1796-1886, 1888-1947, restoration begun 1968","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian clubhouse; most late 19th and early 20th century styles and building types","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; owned by the Jekyll Island State Park Authority and used as a park and museum. Restoration and repairs were completed at Rockefeller Cottage, Faith Chapel and the F.M. Gould House, and new roofs were installed on several cottages and the clubhouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.11362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000385.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000385/ee90d6cdf4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000385/ee90d6cdf4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Jekyll_Island_Club_HD_Clubhouse01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Jekyll_Island_Club_HD_Clubhouse01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208434","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/glynn-county/jekyll-island-club-72000385/"}