Liendo Plantation

2 mi. NE of Hempstead off FM 1488, Hempstead, Texas. County/parish: Waller.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 21, 1971. NRIS 71000970.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Liendo Plantation

Liendo Plantation is an historic cotton plantation in Waller County, Texas, United States. Named after its original owner, José Justo Liendo, the plantation was purchased in 1873 by sculptor Elisabet Ney and her husband, physician Edmund Montgomery.

The plantation home was given a state historical marker in 1936, and the entire plantation was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973902

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