Details for Liendo Plantation
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5473009395
Data
| Marker Number | 9395 |
| Atlas Number | 5473009395 |
| Marker Title | Liendo Plantation |
| Index Entry | Liendo Plantation |
| Address | 5 mi. N on FM 1488 to Wycliff Chapel Rd. |
| City | Hempstead |
| County | Waller |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 786200 |
| UTM Northing | 3333382 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Civil War; women, women's history topics; plantations; artists |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 5 mi. N of Hempstead on FM 1488 to Wycliff Chapel Rd. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | 1853 - named for Spanish grantee Justo Leindo, first to own this land. Mansion built by Leonard W. Groce, who surrounded it with model plantation industries. In Civil War, site of Camp Groce, a camp of instruction and then P.O.W. center. Occupied in 1865 by Gen. Geo. W. Custer, later to be a central figure in the Little Big Horn tragedy. Owned, 1873-1911, by family of sculptress Elisabet Ney, commemorated with a marker on grounds. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 |