Sans Souci: Club Cottage
Known as the J.P. Morgan Cottage because the Morgans, elder and younger, lived here, Sans Souci (Without Care), containing six apartments, was built in 1899 by a corporation of members of the Jekyll Island Club. Among the members who stayed here were: James J. Hill, St. Paul, Minnesota, president of the Great Northern System [railroad]; Frederick G. Bourne, capitalist; Pierre Lorillard, Tuxedo Park, N.Y., tobacco magnate; J.A. Scrymser, New York, cable and telegraph promoter and a partner of J.P. Morgan in various enterprises; Robert G. Pyne, New York banker.
During the War Between the States the DuBignon family, fearing Union raids, left Jekyll Island, moving inland. After the war, John Eugene DuBignon returned to find his fields devastated and buildings destroyed. The plantation economy never recovered from the ravages and changes made by the war. In the early 1880´s, DuBignon built his residence where Sans Souci now stands. In 1886 he sold the island to the Jekyll Island Club for $125,000.00 and became one of the original members. His home was known as Club Cottage
GHM 063-36 Georgia Historical Commission 1959
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Tim Walleker.