Historic Structure Report - Interior Update, Plum Orchard Mansion, Cumberland Island National Seashore
GWWO Inc./Architects. 2004. Historic Structure Report - Interior Update, Plum Orchard Mansion, Cumberland Island National Seashore. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
This report contains a study and evaluation of the interior existing conditions at Plum Orchard Mansion, created in order to make recommendations for its preservation. Cumberland Island National Seashore was anticipating future stabilization and rehabilitation of the mansion to protect the historic visual character of the area and to allow interior interpretation and use by the public. The report provides historical background, chronology of development and use, evaluation of integrity, and recommendations for treatment of the Plum Orchard mansion's interior fabric. The document contains a description of interior finishes, structural condition, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, refrigeration systems, handicapped accessibility, and hazardous materials. It incorporates portions of the 1976-77 and 1986 Historic Structures Report, as well as the 1988 Historic Furnishings Report. It only includes exterior work pertaining to inspection of the utility systems. In January 2004, the National Park Service entered into a contract with GWWO, Inc., Architects from Baltimore, MD, to provide an Historic Structures Report Interior Update for Plum Orchard Mansion at Cumberland Island, GA. Besides the lead firm, the documentation team included Henry Adams, Inc., M/E/P engineers, Baltimore, MD; SGH, structural engineers, Rockville, MD; PSI, Inc., environmental surveying, Kennesaw, Georgia; and PBS&J, civil engineers and surveying, Chantilly, VA. Plum Orchard Mansion is the dominant structure of the estate created by Lucy Carnegie for her son, George Lauder Carnegie, and his wife Margaret Thaw beginning in 1898. The Georgian Revival two-story house and attic hipped-roof structure contains 30 principal rooms, 11 bathrooms, and 66 smaller service rooms.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- GWWO Inc./Architects
- Date of Issue
- 2004-12
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- CUIS , SER
- Keywords
- George Lauder Carnegie, Georgian Revival, interior finish, interior wood work, lighting fixtures, mantel piece, Margaret Thaw, Plum Orchard Mansion, plumbing fixtures. ornamental woodwork, structural assessment, utilities survey, vacation residence, wall covering
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 006608: Plum Orchard Mansion