[3] It was the home of Alexander H. Stephens, a prominent Georgia political figure who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1853), Vice President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865), and after the end of the American Civil War, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again (1873–1882) and governor of Georgia (1882–1883).

[6] Stephens was born two miles north in a log cabin on his father's farm; he was orphaned at the age of fourteen.

"[6] In 1872–1875, Stephens tore down the old house, except for two rear rooms, and erected the current structure, which is restored to its original appearance.

[7][8] To the home's rear are restored outbuildings: slave quarters, a wine cellar, smokehouse, woodhouse, washhouse, and chickenhouse.

[3] After Stephens's death in office in 1883, his sitting room was preserved as he left it,[10] and the hall passed to his surviving relatives.