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Varner built the property's first house, a log cabin, in 1824. [4] Varner raised corn, cattle and sugar cane on the land, and enslaved at least two people there. [5] Varner may have distilled rum from the sugar cane. [3] Columbus Patton built the plantation house to face Varner Creek. This is now the rear entrance to the house.
The plantation house of Columbus R. Patton, relative of several veterans of the Texas Revolution and later of former Governor Jim Hogg whose family struck oil on the property in 1920. It is currently a Texas State Historic Site. Winedale Stagecoach Inn: west of Round Top: 1834 Ammon Underwood House: East Columbia: 1835 At its core is an 1835 ...
The plantation is located one mile (1.6 km) east of Independence near Brenham in Washington County, Texas. [5] [6] [2] It is off Farm to Market Road 390, also known as La Bahía Road (later Old Washington Road). [6] The La Bahia Road was originally an east-west Indian trail also used by Spanish explorers in the 17th century. [6]
The Judge Sebron G. Sneed House (also, Sneed House and Comal Bluff) is a historic former limestone plantation house in Austin, Texas, commissioned by Judge Sebron Graham Sneed. It was likely designed by architect and general contractor , Abner Hugh Cook , co-owner of the sawmill where Sneed had purchased lumber for the construction of the house.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Pages in category "Plantation houses in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Plantations and Plantation houses — in Texas. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. C. Cotton plantations in Texas (7 P) H.
The Col. Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson Plantation is a Southern plantation with a historic house located in Salado, Texas, USA. The National Register of Historic Places has listed it since April 5, 1983. [2] Robertson built the house in the late 1850s, completing the construction of the main house in 1860.