{"nrhp_refnum":"71000970","name":"Liendo Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 mi. NE of Hempstead off FM 1488","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hempstead","county":"Waller County","state":"TX","lat":30.09660043300005,"lon":-96.02995911799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Art","Science","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Liendo Plantation is a sixteen-room, two-story late Greek Revival frame house on a raised brick basement, built in 1853 by Leonard W. Groce about two miles northeast of Hempstead, Waller County, Texas.","why_significant":"The house is a well-preserved example of late Greek Revival architecture on one of the best-known Texas plantations. It was also the home from 1873 until the early twentieth century of Dr. Edmund Montgomery, a scientist and philosopher, and the sculptor Elizabet Ney. During the Civil War the grounds served as Camp Groce, later a prisoner of war camp.","narrative":"Liendo Plantation is a sixteen-room, two-story Greek Revival house near Hempstead in Waller County, Texas. Leonard W. Groce completed it in 1853 on a raised brick basement, using slave labor and bricks made from Brazos River clay. A two-story double-pedimented gallery with four square columns marks the south front, and a lunette in the pediment bears a star and the date 1853. Inside, the drawing room ceiling is hand painted with roses and morning glories. The plantation, established in 1830, operated with about three hundred slaves and hosted prominent travelers between Houston-Galveston and Austin. During the Civil War it held Camp Groce, which later became a prisoner of war camp, and in 1865 General Custer's command camped there. From 1873 the property was the home of Dr. Edmund Montgomery and sculptor Elizabet Ney, who made statues of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston. Both are buried on the grounds. The house is in excellent condition after extensive restoration.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1853)","architect_builder":"Leonard W. Groce (builder, with slave labor)","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; extensively restored by the present owners and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.031479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9739/40973902/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000970.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000970/528ab7fca1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000970/528ab7fca1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"James I. Campbell","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liendo_Plantation,_Hempstead,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James I. Campbell</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liendo_Plantation,_Hempstead,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973902","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liendo_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6544183"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/waller-county/liendo-plantation-71000970/"}