Gibson Island’s history goes back to the Native Americans. Then land grants began to be issued around the 1680s.  In the early 1900s, W. Stuart Symington Jr. (1871–1926) bought the island’s land with his brother Thomas, to develop the island into a residential community. One of the early owners was a man named Gibson, after whom the island is named.

The Symingtons, upon the advice of Edward H. Bouton, the developer of the Roland Park and Guilford neighborhoods in Baltimore, hired landscape architect Fred Law Olmsted to create a master plan for the island. The Symington brothers set certain areas aside for community facilities and divided the remaining land into building lots offered for sale through the Gibson Island Company, now known as the Gibson Island Corporation. 

An 18-hole golf course was constructed in the 1920s but was downsize to 9 holes, where it remains to this day and it is awesome with photo below 

About 2/3 of the land is set aside for recreation, forestry and open space.  Features of the island include a yacht club with great dinning, golf, tennis, skeet shooting, a post office, a historical society, and an Episcopal church. The Club House below where my mothers awards are noted on the boards and we had an incredible lunch in the dinning room with great views and photos below 

A great view from the dinning room in the club house above and they have great tennis and paddle courts and photos below and my mothers name is all over the boards for being a champion in water sports and tennis going back to the 1940’s lower in the post 

A photo of the incredible sailing from their yacht club below. Today, Gibson Island is a gated community. Many residents of the island are seasonal residents who reside primarily in Washington, D.C. or Baltimore.  

My mothers name is all over the athletic boards for tennis and water sports and below are some of photos of her awards and some photos of a recent trip there to visit some friends

We visited my grandfathers home that was he owned back in the 1940’s and 50’s  = Frank Schenuit which is my mothers father and their home is below with photo of me in front of it. 

photos of us in a golf cart driving around with the great couple and friends that invited us and showed us around, thank you what a great time that brought back great memories of my family. 

Some of my mom’s awards: Mary Jean Schenuit below