Samuel Bowen acquired Greenwich in 1765 and established a residential plantation on the site. He sailed for the East India Company and was known to smuggle exotic plants, most notably the soy bean and the sago palm, which he established at Greenwich. Bowen married Jane Spencer who played host to Admiral Charles H. d’Estaing and General Casimer Pulaski during the American Revolution. When Pulaski was mortally wounded in the 1779 Siege of Savannah, he was brought to Greenwich where he died and was buried. His remains were removed in 1853 to Monterey Square where the Pulaski Monument was installed.

Upon the death of Jane Spencer Bowen, Greenwich was subdivided among her children and remained subdivided for nearly a century. In 1897, the Greenwich Estate was acquired by Spencer P. Shotter who built a mansion accented by an elegant white marble fountain and manicured gardens of exotic plant specimens and ancient statuary. The estate was considered the most magnificent, privately-owned estate in the entire South.

The estate was acquired by Dr. H. N. Torrey in 1917 and the mansion was burnt to the ground in 1923. The City of Savannah purchased the property in 1933 as the Greenwich Addition to Bonaventure Cemetery. The fountain, a stable, the foundation of a Roman-style bath house, and an artificial pond remain as reminders of the grandeur which once was Greenwich.