A pair of Corinthian lions guarding an empty foundation and swimming pool are all that remain of Chicota Cottage, the beloved retreat of Edwin Gould, son of railroad financier Jay Gould. After Gould’s son Edwin II was killed in a hunting accident on Jekyll in 1917, Mr. Gould rarely returned to the island (his wife never returned). Frank Miller Gould used the house occasionally but when he built Villa Marianna, Chicota went into decline. The cottage was eventually razed.
Jekyll Island Historic District, National Register of Historic Places + National Historic Landmark
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 
I lived in Brunswick most of my life, but did not know the particular history of some of the cottages on Jekyll. Thanks for the info!
Wow. I earned my Girl Scout museum badge at Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY — home of Jay Gould — in 1969..
Never knew this story.
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