Duck House
Historic house in Georgia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the historic dwelling in Georgia. For a dwelling in a duck pond, see duck house. For the play, see The Duck House. For the stadium, see Warner Park.
Duck House, part of the Richards estate, was a historic dwelling and is an archaeological site on Cumberland Island near St. Marys, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1984, and burned down a few years later from a fire started by an illegal camper.[2]
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Duck House | |
Location | St. Marys, Georgia, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 30°50′50″N 81°25′51″W |
NRHP reference No. | 84000938[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 13, 1984[1] |
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During World War II the U.S. Coast Guard was stationed at Duck House.[3] There is a Duck House Road and a Duck House Trail on the island.
Campgrounds were proposed for the Duck House area but ecological concerns scuttled the idea.[2]