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Old Brulay Plantation

Coordinates: 25°51′15″N 97°24′0″W / 25.85417°N 97.40000°W / 25.85417; -97.40000
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Old Brulay Plantation
Old Brulay Plantation is located in Texas
Old Brulay Plantation
Old Brulay Plantation
Old Brulay Plantation is located in the United States
Old Brulay Plantation
Old Brulay Plantation
Nearest cityBrownsville, Texas
Coordinates25°51′15″N 97°24′0″W / 25.85417°N 97.40000°W / 25.85417; -97.40000
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
Built byGeorge N. Brulay
NRHP reference No.75001961[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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]

History

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Old Brulay Plantation". National Park Service. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "U.S. History Students Visit Brulay plantation On Field Trip". The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, Texas. August 1, 1976. p. 31. Retrieved December 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d e "George Brulay: Early Brownsville Farmer". Newspapers.com. The Brownsville Herald. July 30, 2017. p. C3. Retrieved May 22, 2021.