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Durazno Plantation
The Durazno Plantation is a historic Southern plantation near Jones Creek, Texas.
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Durazno Plantation entrance in 2016 | |
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| Nearest city | Jones Creek, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 28°57′22″N 95°26′57″W / 28.95611°N 95.44917°W |
| Area | 129 acres (52 ha) |
| Built | 1828 |
| Architect | William Joel Bryan |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004081[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 2, 1980 |
Location Edit
It is located near Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Texas.[2]
History Edit
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] The people he enslaved were forced to grow cotton and raise 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]
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places: Durazno Plantation February 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, TexasL University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 109 [1]
- ^ 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 [2]
- ^ Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 249 [3]
- ^ 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.