Marker Inscription
Art, Science, Architecture, Agriculture
Historic Place
Liendo Plantation (1971)
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About this site
Liendo Plantation is a historic place in Hempstead, Waller County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 7 historic places documented in Waller County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 135 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0969, -96.0296 near Hempstead. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liendo (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Liendo Plantation, Custer, Gen. George and Libbie, Campsite, and Clear Creek Confederate War Camps.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2071000970. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Liendo Plantation near Hempstead stands on land originally granted to Jose Justo Liendo in 1828; Leonard Waller Groce purchased the tract in 1841 and built the Greek Revival plantation house in 1853, making it one of Texas's earliest cotton plantations. In 1873 it was bought by the celebrated sculptor Elisabet Ney and her husband, physician Edmund Montgomery, both of whom are buried on the grounds. The plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtshaonline.org
Also at or near Hempstead, Waller County
“Liendo Plantation” names 2 distinct records in Waller County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1971 in Hempstead. The others:
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Historical Marker
Liendo
Hempstead · 1936
Historical Marker
Liendo Plantation
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Historical Marker
Clear Creek Confederate War Camps
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Historical Marker
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