William Garrett Plantation

The William Garrett Plantation is a plantation complex with a plantation house located near the town of San Augustine in San Augustine County, Texas. The house was "Texas frontier architecture" with some elements of Greek Revival and is notable for its "grandiose" scale.[2]

William Garrett Plantation House
Plantation house in 1934
William Garrett Plantation House is located in Texas
William Garrett Plantation House
William Garrett Plantation House
William Garrett Plantation House is located in the United States
William Garrett Plantation House
William Garrett Plantation House
Nearest citySan Augustine, Texas
Coordinates31°32′7″N 94°8′23″W / 31.53528°N 94.13972°W / 31.53528; -94.13972
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1861 (1861)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Texas Frontier
NRHP reference No.77001474[1]
RTHL No.7607
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1977
Designated RTHL1962

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1977.[1]

Enslaved people built the house in 1861 with lumber from a Garrett sawmill and rock from a Garrett quarry. It faced the main road through the area, the El Camino Real-Kings Highway, and is now about .25 miles (0.40 km) away from the main road due to road realignment.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Joe William and Shelley Sass (August 17, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: William Garrett Plantation House". National Archives. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog Archived January 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine)
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