A little history: During the War of 1812, Dungeness was a working plantation that fell to the British just before the end of the war. Of the more than 1500 troops that marched ashore on Cumberland, many were African Americans that had joined the British in an effort to secure their freedom.

Hearing that the British had occupied it, dozens of African American men, women and children fled from northern Florida to  Cumberland Island. There, they boarded ships as refugees. Under cover of fog, many were able to escape to British colonies with their freedom.

“To this day, the architectural elements of Greyfield have changed little from the way it looked at the turn of the last century.  From the interiors to the exterior, learn more about what it means to visit our grand and graceful mansion.”