Old Brulay Plantation | |
Nearest city | Brownsville, Texas |
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Coordinates | 25°51′15″N 97°24′0″W / 25.85417°N 97.40000°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1870 |
Built by | George N. Brulay |
NRHP reference No. | 75001961 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 10, 1975 |
The Old Brulay Plantation was a Southern plantation with a historic mansion founded in c. 1870 and located in Brownsville, Texas. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 10, 1975. [2]
The Old Brulay Plantation was established circa 1870, by George Paul Brulay (1839–1905). [3] [4] George Paul Brulay had immigrated from France to Matamoros, Mexico and then to Brownsville, Texas. [3] He bought up 400 acres of land located near the Rio Grande, most of which at the time was full of brush plants. [4]
It was initially experimented with different crops on the land; first it was a cotton plantation, followed by a sugar plantation. [4] [3] Brulay had built a sugar mill on the property circa 1876. [4] [3] Because this plantation was established after the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the plantation did not own black slaves. [3]
When tariffs on Cuban sugar were removed c. 1910, the plantation closed down. [3]
Brulay's sons worked the farm until it was sold in 1924. [4] It was acquired by immigrants from Japan prior to World War I. [3] The plantation was purchased by the Nye family in 1931. [3] By 2016, it still belonged to the same family. [3]
Old Brulay Plantation | |
Nearest city | Brownsville, Texas |
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Coordinates | 25°51′15″N 97°24′0″W / 25.85417°N 97.40000°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1870 |
Built by | George N. Brulay |
NRHP reference No. | 75001961 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 10, 1975 |
The Old Brulay Plantation was a Southern plantation with a historic mansion founded in c. 1870 and located in Brownsville, Texas. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 10, 1975. [2]
The Old Brulay Plantation was established circa 1870, by George Paul Brulay (1839–1905). [3] [4] George Paul Brulay had immigrated from France to Matamoros, Mexico and then to Brownsville, Texas. [3] He bought up 400 acres of land located near the Rio Grande, most of which at the time was full of brush plants. [4]
It was initially experimented with different crops on the land; first it was a cotton plantation, followed by a sugar plantation. [4] [3] Brulay had built a sugar mill on the property circa 1876. [4] [3] Because this plantation was established after the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the plantation did not own black slaves. [3]
When tariffs on Cuban sugar were removed c. 1910, the plantation closed down. [3]
Brulay's sons worked the farm until it was sold in 1924. [4] It was acquired by immigrants from Japan prior to World War I. [3] The plantation was purchased by the Nye family in 1931. [3] By 2016, it still belonged to the same family. [3]