[7] The second plantation house was built by Mr. Minor in 1858, and was named for a breed of sheep that the family raised.

[5] The house was built of hand-fired brick and wood from local cypress and pine trees.

[8] The original one-story brick home was expanded in 1893, after William's death by his son, Henry Chotard Minor, when a second story and Virginia-style colonnaded walkways were added.

[9] In the same year, Favrile glass panels depicting the plantation, palmetto leaves, magnolia branches, and sugar cane stalks were installed in the house.

[4][8] While the plantation house was being renovated, the original 1893 pink and green paint scheme of the exterior walls was discovered and restored.