Pebble Hill Plantation

Pebble Hill Plantation is a 3,000-acre estate southwest of Thomasville, Georgia, built up as a winter retreat in the region's hunting plantation country. Its main house was rebuilt in 1934-1935 after a fire destroyed the antebellum house, with only a 1914 wing surviving. Cleveland architect Abram Garfield designed the new house and many brick outbuildings, including a 1927-1928 dairy, stables and gatehouse complex with Norman-style towers. Landscape architect V. Ethylwyn Harrison added gardens. The grounds resemble an English country estate, and less than two percent of the land is developed, leaving the rest as managed pine forest for wildlife. The property is recognized for its architecture, championship Jersey dairy herds raised from 1922 to 1938, and land management. It is also noted for the owner's schools for the children of Black plantation workers, a visiting nurse association, and a long tradition of riding, hunting and dog breeding.