Details for Roseland Plantation Home

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5467011437

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Marker Number 11437
Atlas Number 5467011437
Marker Title Roseland Plantation Home
Index Entry Roseland Plantation Home
Address
City Edom
County Van Zandt
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 263468
UTM Northing 3585555
Subject Codes plantations
Marker Year 1966
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location From Tyler about 11 mi. W on US 64 (on south side of road) - Burwell Hambrick / W. C. Windsor home, just west of Smith County line
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion & Plate
Marker Text Built 1854 by B. H. Hambrick, from Virginia. Headquarters for 3,000-acre property. Colonial architecture. Pegged mortise and tenon construction. Joists are 48-ft. timbers. Bricks were handmade on the plantation. Site, halfway between Dallas and Shreveport, at times served as overnight stagecoach stop and change station for horses. An early-day social center. Restored in 1954 by Mrs. W. C. Windsor. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966

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