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Black plaque № 26832

Washington-on-the-Brazos, TX, United States

Hatfield Plantation. Built of brick, white pine and cedar by slave labor in 1853, for Basil M. Hatfield, a San Jacinto soldier whose steamboat plied the Brazos River. His Washington store building was used by the Republic of Texas for its meetings, and here was held its last inaugural ball. Recorded

Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. #15309

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