Details for Barrington Plantation
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5477008296
Data
| Marker Number | 8296 |
| Atlas Number | 5477008296 |
| Marker Title | Barrington Plantation |
| Index Entry | Barrington Plantation |
| Address | 766 Whitman Road |
| City | Chappell Hill |
| County | Washington |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 768752 |
| UTM Northing | 3352712 |
| Subject Codes | Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; state official; houses, residential buildings; plantations |
| Marker Year | 1996 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 8.3 mi. N of Chappell Hill on FM 1155, 1.2 mi. N on Dillard Rd., then about 1.65 mi. E on Whitman Rd. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, bought 1,107 acres here from M. Austin Bryan in 1844. This site, named "Barrington" for Jones' birthplace in Massachusetts, was the "White House of Texas" from 1844-46. By 1845 Jones had built two dwellings, a kitchen, office, smokehouse, and stables. After Jones' leadership in the annexation of Texas to the U.S. in 1846, he retired here to become a gentleman farmer. Other buildings were added in 1847. Jones sold the plantation in 1857. The house was moved to Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park in 1936. |