Liendo Plantation
historic place
Liendo Plantation, a historic place in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, was built in 1853. Leonard Waller Groce constructed the Greek Revival style home as the center of one of Texas's early cotton plantations, using slave labor. It became a social hub, hosting many dignitaries, including Sam Houston. During the Civil War, the site served as Camp Groce, a Confederate training camp and later a prisoner-of-war center. After the war, General George A. Custer and his command camped here in late 1865. From 1873, sculptor Elisabet Ney and her husband, Dr. Edmund Montgomery, made Liendo their home. Liendo Plantation was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The plantation offers insight into early Texas life and its significant historical events.