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Mimosa Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mimosa Hall in 2017
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Location	9403 FM 134, Leigh, Texas
Coordinates	32°35′19″N 94°8′37″W / 32.58861°N 94.14361°W / 32.58861; -94.14361
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1844 (1844)
Architect	John Johnston Webster
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	78002949
Added to NRHP	November 2, 1978

Mimosa Hall is the name of a plantation house in Leigh, Texas. John J. Webster built Mimosa Hall in 1844. Webster, born in Alabama in 1796, the son of a revolutionary soldier, was an architect. Webster moved to Texas in 1839 with his wife, Miriam Webster, and their children.

History

Mimosa Hall was the first brick house in Harrison County, originally situated in the middle of 7,000 acres (28 km) of land. Enslaved people made all of the bricks and cut all of the lumber on the plantation. The plantation was primarily used for planting.

The family cemetery was on the property adjoining the house. Nestled two miles (3 km) back in the woods, an old brick wall on the top of a knoll surrounds the cemetery. The original family was all buried there, and their descendants still maintain the cemetery.

The American Museum in Britain has in its permanent collection a quilt made by people enslaved on the Mimosa Hall Plantation. The quilt, c. 1860, is called "The Chalice."

Current

Today the house sits in the middle of 150 acres (0.61 km) and is a private residence. It is registered in the National Register of Historic Places, along with its sister home in nearby Karnack, Texas, which was the birthplace of Lady Bird Johnson. The plantation stayed in the original family until the 1980s when Douglas Blocker sold it. Mimosa Hall was then a bed and breakfast for several years until its owners purchased it to use as a private residence.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. ^ New Page 1
3. Handbook of Texas Online - LEIGH, TX
4. Harrison County Cemeteries
5. Classic Quilts from the American Museum in Britain

External links

• Mimosa Hall from the Center for Regional Heritage Research, Stephen F. Austin State University

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