The plantation was originally owned by the widow of
Cornelius Harnett. Later, the property, which once included
Figure Eight Island, became the home of the Foy family, an American family of
French Huguenot descent, from 1795 until 1971. The original
plantation house was destroyed in a fire. The current house, a 12-room
Greek Revival-style mansion, was built in the early 1850s by Joseph Mumford Foy. It was mistakenly referenced as being owned by Nicholas Nixon. The Plantation is now under the care of Poplar Grove Foundation, Inc. Poplar Grove opened as a museum to the public in 1980. ==References==