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Stafford Plantation Historic District
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Stafford mansion
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| Nearest city: | St. Marys, Georgia |
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| Built: | 1901 |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| MPS: | Cumberland Island National Seashore MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84000265 |
| Added to NRHP: | November 23, 1984[1] |
The Stafford Plantation was established on Cumberland Island, Georgia, by Robert Stafford in the early 19th century. Stafford acquired portions of lands belonging to General Nathaniel Greene through auction, and continued to assemble former Greene family lands so that by 1830 Stafford controlled 1,360 acres (5.5 km2) with 148 slaves. In 1843 Stafford acquired 4,200 acres (17 km2) from P.M. Nightingale, a Greene descendant who retained Dungeness. The primary crop was Sea Island cotton.[2]
Robert Stafford died in 1877. His heirs sold the property to Thomas M. Carnegie and his wife Lucy, who had also acquired Dungeness.[2] All that remains of Stafford's house is a ruin known as "The Chimneys," a series of 24 hearth and chimney structures representing the Stafford slave quarters, about one kilometer east of the main house.[3]
The Stafford Mansion was built for Lucy Carnegie in 1901. It was one of a series of Carnegie houses on the island, including Plum Orchard, Greyfield, and the main Carnegie place at Dungeness.[4][5]
The property is privately held under a life estate by a Carnegie descendant.[6]
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