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, USA. The estate and surrounding area are listed on the

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. Designed by

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for George Lauder Carnegie, a son of Thomas M. Carnegie and named after his uncle, Scottish industrialist George Lauder, it was formally dedicated on October 6, 1898. Peabody and Stearns also designed various additions to the mansion in the several following years, probably in 1906. After George Lauder Carnegie died, his widow, Margaret Copley Thaw, remarried and moved to

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. Most of the original furnishings were sold, and furniture from Dungeness was brought in to furnish the house. The house was then occupied by the Johnston family, from Nancy Trovillo Carnegie Heaver/Johnston's branch of the family. The estate is now part of

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. The mansion also includes a rare

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Houses in Camden County, Georgia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Peabody and Stearns buildings Greek Revival houses in Georgia (U.S. state) Houses completed in 1898 National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland Island National Seashore Historic American Buildings Survey in Georgia (U.S. state) Carnegie family residences {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub

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