Barrington Plantation
766 Whitman Road, Chappell Hill, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1844
EST. 1844
1844
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Barrington Plantation.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Barrington Plantation
Anson Jones, last president of the Republic of Texas, bought this land in 1844 and built a home he named Barrington for his Massachusetts birthplace, which served as the Texas executive residence until 1846. After leading Texas's annexation to the United States, Jones retired here as a gentleman farmer, adding further buildings before selling the plantation in 1857.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Barrington Plantation
Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, bought 1,107 acres here from M. Austin Bryan in 1844. This site, named "Barrington" for Jones' birthplace in Massachusetts, was the "White House of Texas" from 1844-46. By 1845 Jones had built two dwellings, a kitchen, office, smokehouse, and stables. After Jones' leadership in the annexation of Texas to the U.S. in 1846, he retired here to become a gentleman farmer. Other buildings were added in 1847. Jones sold the plantation in 1857. The house was moved to Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park in 1936. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5477008296
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