The Quinta is the former residence of the first Viscount of Cacongo - a Portuguese nobleman that resided on Madeira since the early nineteenth century. Today descendants and relatives of the first and second Viscounts still live there. They live in the main house while holiday guests enjoy the newer and more modern accommodation structures in the area of the estate behind the main building and around the swimming pool.

Quinta Mãe dos Homens (also correctly named as Quinta da Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens - translated roughly as Our Lady the Mother of Men Estate) was part of a much larger and expansive area that stretched from the Choupana hills far above the current position of the estate right down to the shores of Funchal below. The large estate was acquired by two brothers: Manuel Leitão and João José Leitão - two bankers from Ponto do Barco. Manuel Leitão bore the son João José Rodriques who was conferred the first and new title of Viscount of Cacongo in recognition of his work for the Portuguese crown in central western Africa. João José Rodriques Leitão presided and established Portuguese rule in what is now the Cabinda province of Angola (then called the "Cacongo").

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