In 1910 pharmacist Dr. G.G. French and his wife Jessie ordered a house from a popular catalog company in New York City, and it was shipped from cutting mills in Michigan in two railroad boxcars to the Port of Pensacola. Although catalog houses were promoted as requiring only minimal carpentry skills, the cottage shows the exceptional craftsmanship of its time, and its building price was $1.00 per square foot. The cottage later served as the home of the Camp Walton Women's Club, which held its first regular meeting on the first Tuesday in March of 1922 with Mrs. G.G. French and Mrs. J.H. Beal hosting. In 1999 the home was restored, repurposed, and moved slightly west of its original location to become the museum setting of the Magnolia Grill Restaurant. Descendants of Dr. and Mrs. Beal own and curate the property today. Early Women's Club occasions were led by Mrs. W.C. Pryor, the great-grandmother of Susan Myers, whose love of history, vision, and community service are honored in the Susan Myers Walking Trail. Owners Tom and Peggy Rice filled the restaurant with memorabilia from early Camp Walton and Fort Walton and called it "the museum that serves food."