Durazno Plantation
The Durazno Plantation is a historic Southern plantation near Jones Creek, Texas.
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Nearest city | Jones Creek, Texas |
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Coordinates | 28°57′22″N 95°26′57″W |
Area | 129 acres (52 ha) |
Built | 1828 |
Architect | William Joel Bryan |
NRHP reference No. | 80004081[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 2, 1980 |
Location
It is located near Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Texas.[2]
History
In 1840, 500 acres of land was taken from the Peach Point Plantation to create the Durazno Plantation.[3] "Durazno" is Spanish for peach. The new plantation was given to William Joel Bryan (1815–1903) as dowry when he married Lavinia Perry in 1840.[3][4][5] He grew cotton and raised cattle.[6][7] After his death, it was inherited by his son Samuel Irwin Bryan, who bequeathed half to his daughter Louella Bryan Brutrus, half to his nephew, Samuel Irwin Stratton.[3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings since September 2, 1980.[2]
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References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- National Register of Historic Places: Durazno Plantation Archived February 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, TexasL University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 109
- Raines, C. W. (1903). Year Book for Texas. Austin: Gammel Statesman, p. 35
- C. Allan Jones, Texas Roots: Agriculture and Rural Life Before the Civil War, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2005, p. 162
- Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 249
- Lillian Childress, "BRYAN, WILLIAM JOEL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbrat), accessed September 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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