More Sapelo

Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo, view toward pool.
T!he grounds are incredible
The fountains surround the mansion and add such peacefulness and beauty.
We enjoyed the pool, built in a cruciform design. We felt like rich folks with our own mansion!
The front of the mansion looks over the pool and a one mile shell road to Nannygoat Beach.
The tile work on the patio...isn't it unreal?
The giant live oaks take your breath away!
You are looking at the walkway to Nannygoat Beach and open Atlantic Ocean.
I spent many hours just sitting here and soaking in this beauty.
Reynold's Mansion patio..we enjoyed several lunches and laughter on this patio.
The beauty never ends
The back of the mansion, this also holds the indoor swimming pool which is presently boarded over.. there are 18 carat gold tiles on the pool
This live oak is representitive of all of Sapelo and coastal
Georgia. We have several in our own yard. Do you wonder why we are in love with this paradise?

Sea BreezesHere is more about Sapelo Island. Sapelo is about sixty miles south of the center of coastal Georgia's very well-defined chain of barrier islands. Sapelo is 16, 500 acre and is Georgia's fourth largest barrier island. Except for the African American community called Hog Hammock a434-acre tract, the island is entirely state owned and manged. In addition to Hog Hammock, the island holds other entities including the University of Georgia Marine Institute, the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Richard J. Reynolds Wildlife Management Area. During the Archaic Period of pre-history (2,0000-500 B.C.) there was a large Native American presence on Sapelo. Sapelo's name is of Indian origin and was adapted by Spanish missionaries who adapted to Zapala. The Spanish missionaries were on the island from about 1573-1686.
During the colonial period of Georgia starting at about 1733, there was an agreement reached with the Creek Indians and Sapelo Island was included in a treaty that gave the island to the colony of Georgia. During the first decade of the 19th century, three men, at separate times purchased or inherited Sapelo and left their mark on the island. One was Thomas Spalding who built his own sugar mill and introduced the manufacture of sugar to Georgia. He also commissioned the building of the lighthouse. Spalding and his children owned 385 slaves on Sapelo in the 1850's. Spalding built the first south end plantation home, presently the Reynolds Mansion that I have pictured. That is where we stayed for our visit. After the Civil War, most of Sapelo was sold by Spalding descendants. In 1912, automotive engineer Howard Coffin bought the entire island, except for the black communities ,for $150,000. Between 19 22-1925, Coffin rebuilt the south end mansion which was originally built of tabby in 1810 by Spalding. In 1934, after the depression, Coffin sold Sapelo to Richard J. Reynolds who lived part-time on the island for thirty years. He also made major changes to the mansion. The outdoor pool was installed during the Coffin years in 1916. Enjoy the pictures of this historic home where I spent a few days with friends soaking in the mystic and beauty of long ago Sapelo.