Pebble Hill is a former private sporting estate that embodies the rich quail hunting traditions of the Red Hills region. Originally a working plantation, it was transformed in the late 19th century by the Hanna family into a premier winter retreat designed around field sports. The estate preserved longleaf pine forests ideal for quail hunting and was outfitted with kennels, stables, and other facilities to support an active outdoor lifestyle.


A defining feature of Pebble Hill is its remarkable sporting art collection, one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Paintings, prints, and sculpture throughout the house and galleries celebrate the sporting life, depicting quail, wild turkey, waterfowl, foxhunting, and hunting dogs. Together, the estate and its collections capture not only the experience of the hunt but also the beauty of the landscapes, gamebirds, and animals central to sporting culture.


Elisabeth “Pansy” Ireland Poe, the last owner, carried on Pebble Hill’s traditions of quail hunting and collecting, expanding the art holdings and maintaining the estate’s role as a hub for field sports. Upon her death in 1978, she ensured Pebble Hill would become a public museum. Today, it remains the only historic quail hunting plantation in Georgia open to the public for touring.  It offers visitors a rare look at both the sporting lifestyle and the art it inspired.