High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District

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High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District
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Location Cumberland Island National Seashore, northeast of St. Marys, Georgia on Cumberland Island
Coordinates 30°55′14″N81°25′56″W / 30.92056°N 81.43222°W / 30.92056; -81.43222
Area700 acres (2.8 km2)
Built1880
NRHP reference No. 78000265 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978

The High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District, on Cumberland Island near St. Marys, Georgia, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is located within Cumberland Island National Seashore.

The listing included 21 contributing buildings and nine contributing sites on 700 acres (2.8 km2). [1]

It includes the North End of Cumberland Island, including Half Moon Bluff, the Martin's Half Moon Bluff Tract and High Point or Candler Estate.

It includes religious structure(s), hotel, and single dwellings. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lou Torres, John Ehrenhard, and Len Brown (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: High Point-Half Moon Bluff Historic District / Martin's Half Moon Bluff Tract-High Point / North End (including Half Moon Bluff and High Point or Candler Estate)". National Park Service . Retrieved August 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 16 photos from 1975-78.