Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island Club Resort
The Gilded Age winter club of the Morgans and Pulitzers, restored as a riverfront resort. Stay in the 1887 Clubhouse or the millionaires' cottages beside it.
- Built
- 1887Clubhouse (main building with tower and wings) completed 1887 per the NRHP nomination; club founded 1886; resort says Clubhouse opened 1888. Annex 1901; Sans Souci 1896, Cherokee Cottage 1904, Crane Cottage 1917.
- Style
- Queen Anne (late Victorian)
- Architect
- Charles A. Alexander (Clubhouse)
- Type
- Resort
- Rooms
- 199
- Price
- $$
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Inside a National Register historic district; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Newton Finney and John Eugene du Bignon organized the Jekyll Island Club as a winter hunting retreat in 1886, with members including J.P. Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer and Marshall Field. Senator Nelson Aldrich hosted the secret 1910 meeting at the club that led to the Federal Reserve, and the first transcontinental telephone call in 1915 included the club. The club closed after the 1942 season, the State of Georgia bought the island in 1947, and the complex closed entirely by 1971. It was restored and reopened as a resort hotel in the mid-1980s (1985 per Wikipedia and HHA; the resort’s own fact page says 1987).
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
Sources (5)
- https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/72000385_text
- https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nhls-by-state.htm
- https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/jekyll-island-club-resort/history
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island_Club
- https://www.jekyllclub.com/llm-info/
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.