Jekyll Island Club Resort
Built in 1887 as a winter retreat for America's wealthiest families, the Jekyll Island Club drew Morgans, Rockefellers, Pulitzers, and Vanderbilts to its riverfront verandas, an enclave whose members were said to control a sixth of the world's wealth. General Lloyd Aspinwall, slated to be its first president, died in 1886 before it opened, yet members later swore they glimpsed him pacing the Riverfront Veranda at dusk, only on the September anniversary of his death.
Railroad magnate Samuel Spencer, killed in a 1906 train collision, supposedly never abandoned his morning ritual: guests in his old Annex suite find their coffee sipped and newspaper refolded. And a 1920s bellhop is said to knock softly, pressing bridegrooms' suits the night before their weddings, as though the old club still insists every guest be looked after.
📍 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA 31527, Jekyll Island, GA · Get directions