The Durazno Plantation is a historic Southern plantation near Jones Creek, Texas.

Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation entrance in 2016
Durazno Plantation is located in Texas
Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation is located in the United States
Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation
Nearest cityJones Creek, Texas
Coordinates28°57′22″N 95°26′57″W / 28.95611°N 95.44917°W / 28.95611; -95.44917
Area129 acres (52 ha)
Built1828 (1828)
ArchitectWilliam Joel Bryan
NRHP reference No.80004081[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1980

Location

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It is located near Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Texas.[2]

History

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b National Register of Historic Places: Durazno Plantation Archived February 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, TexasL University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 109 [1]
  4. ^ Raines, C. W. (1903). Year Book for Texas. Austin: Gammel Statesman, p. 35
  5. ^ 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]
  6. ^ Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 249 [3]
  7. ^ 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.