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  William Garrett Plantation House | |
| Nearest city | San Augustine, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 31°32′7″N 94°8′23″W / 31.53528°N 94.13972°W |
| Area | 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) |
| Built | 1861 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Texas Frontier |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001474[1] |
| RTHL No. | 7607 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 25, 1977 |
| Designated RTHL | 1962 |
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]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Joe William and Shelley Sass (August 17, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: William Garrett Plantation House". National Archives.
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