{"nrhp_refnum":"71000971","name":"Hatfield Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Brenham off FM 912","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.30791245900008,"lon":-96.17627858599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular brick plantation house on a partially raised basement, located on FM 912 near Brenham in rural Washington County, Texas. It was built about 1853 for Basil M. Hatfield.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house as a stately brick home whose tall, thin lines are unusual for Texas and recall Kentucky and Virginia. It also notes its builder, Basil M. Hatfield, a San Jacinto-era Texas volunteer and steamboat captain. The careful restoration of the house and outbuildings is highlighted as well.","narrative":"Hatfield Plantation is a two-story brick house built about 1853 in rural Washington County, Texas, near Brenham. Its solid walls of handmade pink brick are about thirteen inches thick, and it has a low gable roof, a two-story front portico, bracketed eaves, and nine-over-nine windows with louvered shutters. Its tall, thin proportions are unusual for Texas and recall houses in Kentucky and Virginia. Basil M. Hatfield, a Kentucky native who served with a Texas volunteer company during the war for independence, later ran a saloon in Washington-on-the-Brazos and captained the steamboat Washington on Little River. He bought the land in 1850. The house stood vacant from 1950 to 1962, then was restored by new owners using salvaged period materials. A tobacco barn and a cattle barn were also restored. The property was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965 and received a state restoration award in 1966.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1853)","architect_builder":"Basil M. Hatfield (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored as a private residence and in excellent condition; restored outbuildings and barns are on the property. The house was vacant from 1950 to 1962 before restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.597004-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9739/40973908/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000971.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973908","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22073206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/hatfield-plantation-71000971/"}