The plantation was established in the 1820s, when Thomas Jefferson Johnson built the first house.

[2][3] After his death, the plantation was inherited by his daughter, Julia Ann, and her husband, John H.

[2] After the main house burned down in 1934, architect Abram Garfield designed the new mansion, completed in 1936.

[2][3] After Kate's death, the plantation was inherited by her daughter, Elizabeth "Pansy" Ireland.

[2] Through the Pebble Peach Foundation endowed by Pansy Ireland, the plantation is open to the public.