Southern Memories
Luxury lodging on Amelia Island
The antique queen size bed is made of walnut wood with bronze insets and is dressed in luxury linens with custom comforter of gold, mango, green, and burgundy. Two beautiful Italian style chairs with original crewel work create the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine by the window. The large private bath has a separate shower and a whirlpool tub for 2. This is a first floor room which features a rear porch with bistro table and chair by a bubbling fountain which covers the original cistern for this historic home. There are also french doors in the room which lead out to the front porch of the Hearthstone.
Tariff: $205 Weekday $225 Weekend
Midweek rates valid Sunday thru Thursday
Senator David Yulee, the architect of Florida’s statehood, supported her withdrawal from the Union. The flag of the Confederacy would fly over Fort Clinch. Legend has it that the Amelia Island Williams House was visited by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He assigned General Robert E. Lee the task of examining coastal defenses south of the Carolinas, but after visiting the Island he recognized Fernandina’s vulnerability. Soon word of a Union Flotilla of twenty-eight gunboats reached Fernandina. On March 3, 1862 residents of Amelia along with her troops marched off the island. Without even a fight Union soldiers again raised the American Flag at Fort Clinch. The Hearthstone Williams House was used as their headquarters and as an infirmary for injured troops.
