{"nrhp_refnum":"80004081","name":"Durazno Plantation","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S of Jones Creek off TX 36","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jones Creek","county":"Brazoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.956241706500037,"lon":-95.44930135432654,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Durazno Plantation is a roughly 129-acre historic plantation district one mile south of State Highway 36 near Jones Creek, Brazoria County, Texas, first settled in the late 1840s, with a main house dating from 1909.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the earliest and most important plantations of Texas' colonial period, developed by William Joel Bryan, nephew of Stephen F. Austin, on land tied to Austin's plans with Mary Austin Holley. Much historic fabric survives, including the original office and kitchen inside the later house. The site also offers archeological potential, including slave cabin remains and a slave cemetery.","narrative":"Durazno Plantation occupies about 129 acres south of Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Texas. The land was part of a 1828 Mexican grant to Stephen F. Austin, who hoped to settle there with Mary Austin Holley. His nephew, William Joel Bryan, settled the property in 1840 and developed it into a cotton, cattle and sugar-producing center that became a hub for the extended Austin, Bryan and Perry families. The present main house dates from 1909 and was built around earlier structures, including a plantation office and a log kitchen still hidden within its walls. Other features include a brick gatepost and cistern, a log carriage house, a syrup kettle, and a relocated c. 1900 Carpenter Gothic church. Chimney ruins mark a row of about twelve slave cabins, and an unmarked slave cemetery lies northwest of the house. The property was listed for its historical associations, surviving fabric and potential to yield archeological information about Texas Gulf Coast plantation life.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1828, 1840s, 1909)","architect_builder":"William Joel Bryan","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence and used for agriculture; condition rated excellent to good and altered. The church is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.92655-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9713/40971360/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004081/b3fe631b28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004081/b3fe631b28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duranzo_Plantation_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duranzo_Plantation_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971360","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durazno_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149616"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazoria-county/durazno-plantation-80004081/"}