Pines and magnolia's throw long shadows across the green, creating an aura of timelessness around Pebble Hill Plantation.

Gracious and vital with the South's rich traditions, Pebble Hill is at once romantic, artistic, historic.  A winter home of the Hanna family of Cleveland, it stands as a testimony to the sporting life during the early decades of this century.

Elisabeth Ireland Poe, "Miss Pansy," the last of the Hanna heirs, was a sportswoman, patron of the arts, hostess, and collector.  She willed that, upon her death, her home be opened to the public.

A Home Rich in Both Art & History

It is a home rich in both art and history.  Established in the 1820's by the founder of Thomas County, Thomas Jefferson Johnson, it was virtually destroyed by fire in the 1930's.  The present house was rebuilt in the Hanna era under the direction of architect Abram Garfield, son of the nation's 20th President.

The architect's work was complemented by art, furnishings, and decorations:  prime antiques, crystal, and porcelain.  Mrs. Poe added to the Main House her many collections including silver, Indian relics, and shells.  Throughout the house are paintings and prints depicting sporting scenes and wildlife.  Of special interest are the many fine horse and hound paintings and a collection of Audubon prints.  A great lover of the hunt and an accomplished horsewoman, Mrs. Poe had many carvings and sculptures of her dogs and horses.