Durazno Plantation

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

Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation entrance in 2016
Durazno Plantation
Durazno Plantation
Nearest cityJones Creek, Texas
Coordinates28°57′22″N 95°26′57″W
Area129 acres (52 ha)
Built1828 (1828)
ArchitectWilliam Joel Bryan
NRHP reference No.80004081[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. National Register of Historic Places: Durazno Plantation Archived February 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, TexasL University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 109
  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
  6. Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 249
  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.


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