Seven Pines

Benjamin Franklin Hardin (1803-1878) came to this area with other members of his family in 1826. Settling in the Atascosito District of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, Franklin Hardin was named surveyor of the district in 1834. As a member of the Liberty Volunteers, he participated in the Battle of Concepcion and the Siege of Bexar in 1835 and the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. Hardin and his wife Cynthia O'Brien built a home on this site in 1839. the homesite, later known as Seven Pines, remained in the Hardin family for four generations. The family moved to a farm north of Liberty about 1845, but moved back and built a new house here in 1856. While Franklin Hardin was serving in the seventh Texas Legislature, Hardin County was created in 1858 and named in honor of his family. Following the deaths of Franklin and Cynthia Hardin, ownership of the homesite passed to their descendants. Geraldine Davis Humphreys inherited the property in 1914. One year later the 1856 home was destroyed by fire. Geraldine Humphreys (d. 1961) bequeathed Seven Pines to the Humphreys Foundation, which donated it to the city of Liberty in 1969. The Geraldine D. Humphreys Cultural Center was built in 1969-70.

Seven Pines is a historical marker in Liberty, Liberty County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Liberty County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 133 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0586, -94.7990 near Liberty. The nearest cataloged historic site is Plaza Iglesia Parroquial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ursuline Convent, Plaza Constitucional, and Ott Hotel.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5291009687. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.