Liendo Plantation

Liendo Plantation
HABS image of Liendo Plantation
Liendo Plantation
Liendo Plantation
Nearest city Hempstead, Texas
Coordinates 30°5′47″N 96°1′47″W / 30.09639°N 96.02972°W / 30.09639; -96.02972Coordinates: 30°5′47″N 96°1′47″W / 30.09639°N 96.02972°W / 30.09639; -96.02972
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1853 (1853)
Architect Leonard W. Groce
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 71000970[1]
RTHL # 9395
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 21, 1971
Designated RTHL 1964

Liendo Plantation is an historic cotton plantation in Waller County, Texas, United States. Named after its original owner, José Justo Liendo, the plantation was purchased in 1873 by sculptor Elisabet Ney and her husband, physician Edmund Montgomery.[2] The plantation is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The land that is now Liendo Plantation was granted to José Justo Liendo in 1828, when the region was a part of Mexico.[3] In 1841 the plot was purchased by Leonard Waller Groce, who made the land into a working cotton plantation,[4] adding a plantation home to the site in 1853.[5] During the American Civil War, the facility was turned to Confederate military use as "Camp Groce," used first as a training camp and then as a military prison.[4]

On March 4, 1873, the plantation and home were purchased by German American sculptor Elisabet Ney and Scottish American physician and scientist Edmund Montgomery, a married couple moving to Texas from Georgia.[5] Ney and Montgomery occupied the plantation from 1873 through Montgomery's death in 1911, though from 1892 Ney largely removed to Austin, Texas.[4] Both are buried on the grounds.[3]

The plantation home was given a state historical marker in 1936,[5] and the entire plantation was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.[4] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Meischen, Betty Smith (2002). From Jamestown to Texas. IUniverse. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-0-595-24223-8.
  3. 1 2 Beazley, Julia. "Liendo Plantation". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Liendo Plantation". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Liendo". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ "National Register Listing". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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