Monte Verdi Plantation
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Monte Verdi Plantation | |
  Monte Verdi Plantation  Monte Verdi Plantation | |
| Location | 11992 CR 4233, Cushing, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°54′6″N 94°52′15″W / 31.90167°N 94.87083°W |
| Area | 100.00 acres (40.47 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Website | Monte Verdi Plantation |
| NRHP reference No. | 14000104[1] |
| RTHL No. | 11021 (Plantation) 10960 (Birdwell House) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 31, 2014 |
| Designated RTHL | 1964 (Plantation) 1967 (Birdwell House) |
The Monte Verdi Plantation is an historic cotton plantation in Rusk County, Texas, worked by enslaved Black people until the June 19, 1865, emancipation of the slaves in the state.[2]
Julien Sidney Devereux, a member of the Sixth Texas Legislature, purchased land from 1845 onwards.[3] By 1849, he called it Monte Verdi, which means "green mountain" in Italian.[3] By 1850, 74 enslaved African people worked on the plantation.[3] They produced 120 bales of cotton every year, making it one of the 100 most productive plantations in Texas.[3] At its peak, the plantation covered 10,700 acres.[4]
The plantation house was built from 1856 to 1857.[3] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[3] It is two story high, with six Doric columns and a balcony on the second floor.[3] Emmett F. Lowry and his wife restored it in the early 1960s.[3]
In 1962, historian Dorman H. Winfrey wrote a history of the plantation entitled Julien Sidney Devereux and His Monte Verdi Plantation, published by the Waco-based Texian Press.[5]
