houses, residential buildings; women, women's history topics; plantations; artists
Marker Year
1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
No
Marker Location
5 mi. N of Hempstead on FM 1488 to Wycliff Chapel Rd.
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Marker Text
A plantation home built in 1853 by Leonard W. Groce. The scene for many years of lavish Southern hospitality. Purchased March 4, 1873, by Dr. Edmund Duncan Montgomery 1835-1911), world-famed philosopher, and his wife, Elisabet Ney (1833-1907), pioneer sculptress of Texas. Retained as their homestead throughout their lives. Both are buried in the grounds.
