The oldest written sources about manors in Kurcewo date from 1745. The owner at the time was Wawrzyniec Radoliński, who initiated the construction of the manor and the surrounding landscape park. The mansion was rebuilt many times; The current condition dates back to the mid-19th century and was built in the style of an Italian Renaissance villa.
The last pre-war owners of the park and mansion in Kurcewo were the Grabscy family, who lived there until September 1939.
After the war, the facilities were transferred to the State Land Fund and the legal user was the Municipal Office in Kotlin. In the post-war period, the park was not maintained and new owners moved into the mansion. In the early 1970s, the community took the initiative to convert the mansion into a school and later a community center, but no action was taken in this regard. Since 1990 it has been owned by Elżbieta and Andrzej Trzeciak, who began restoring the property.
The history of the mansion in Kurcewo includes people such as: Władysław Grabski and Fr. Czesław Piotrowski.
In 1903, Władysław Grabski (1867–1927), an outstanding independence and social activist and member of parliament of independent Poland, became the owner of the mansion. After purchasing the manor, he devoted himself to farming and political and social activities. He took part in the work of agricultural organizations in Greater Poland. He published numerous articles on agricultural and political issues in the press. In 1918 he was a co-founder of the district citizens' committee in Jarocin and was elected a member of the district parliament in Poznań, later he was a member of the Supreme People's Council in Poznań.
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