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Greyfield

Built in 1905 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“Greyfield Inn is a hotel on Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia, the only hotel on the island. The inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.”

Wikipedia article Greyfield Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Camden County · listed in 2003 · category: District · built in 1905, Colonial Revival architecture, by MacClure & Spahr.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Cumberland Island, Cumberland Island, 31558
  • When was it listed? July 2003
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Cumberland Island National Seashore MRA
  • Census division. St. Marys
  • When was it built? 1905
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. MacClure & Spahr
  • National Register reference number. 03000675 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Greyfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 149 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CAMDEN-043
9 August 1992Natural10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWELL HOUSE
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreGREYFIELD
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNATURAL OUT #3
21 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWOODSHED
11 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNEW ROAD

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greyfield: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brunswick DepositTitanium, ZirconiumProspect1955

Every working recorded in Camden County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Main Road4.1 miles1984
Duck House5.0 miles1984
St. Marys Historic District6.0 miles1976
Orange Hall6.3 miles1973
St. Marys Historic District6.4 miles1976
John Houstoun McIntosh Sugarhouse6.8 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000675 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Camden CountyAll 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.