Samuel Peel purchases the land

Construction of the Peel home begins.

The house was completed, and the Peel family would reside there until 1902.

Following Mary Peel’s passing, Samuel Peel moves out, and the home changes ownership multiple times over the next 80 years.

Samuel Peel sells the house to J.J. Jones, who resides there for four years.

Captain Ammon purchases the home and applies the gray stucco exterior that remains today.

W.L. English acquires the home and lives there with his twin daughters, Margery and Elizabeth.

Lee A. Allen bought the property and operated a dairy farm until 1983. The house remains unoccupied for nearly 50 years.

Jorgia Burge purchases the home from J.W. Allen, completing structural upgrades.

Walmart Inc. acquires the home from Jorgia Burges, and Helen Walton initiates restoration efforts.

Helen Walton and community leaders establish The Peel House Foundation, with Walmart Inc. donating the house for preservation as The Peel Mansion and Heritage Gardens.

The Peel Museum is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Botanical Garden receives botanical accreditation.

The Peel Museum wins “Best of NWA” award for Museums. The Botanical Garden is named one of Arkansas’s Top 5 Gardens by Southern Living readers in the “South’s Best Awards.

The Peel Museum & Botanical Garden is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Peel Museum’s “School Days” program receives the Award of Outstanding Achievement in Education from the Arkansas Museums Association.

The Peel Museum & Botanical Garden celebrates 150 years since the home’s construction.