Roseland Plantation Home
N 32° 22.866 W 095° 30.847
15S E 263482 N 3585459
Texas Historical Marker at 2591 TX 64, Ben Wheeler, TX, providing some history of this beautiful plantation home that has been restored.
Waymark Code: WMVW05
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2017
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Tim and Carolyn West are your hosts here. They live in the house, which they have restored and slightly expanded.
Tours are available by contacting them through the number on their website, and as of this posting, it's $10 per person, well worth the money. You'll see every room in the house, with beautiful period pieces and even some photos of Tim's ancestors in the gaming room. On the grounds is a restored log cabin where you can do bed and breakfast, and the pool house and chapel are available for events.
Regarding the bricks mentioned on the historical marker, they'll tell you that you can still go round back to the pit where they pulled the clay to make the bricks. As evidenced in the old photo of the house from the early 1950s, the chimney had collapsed, but was restored using the same bricks that lay on the ground where they fell.
Much of the nearby Redland community was created from Mr. Hambrick's property, which he donated, and ancestors of the slaves owned by Mr. Hambrick still live there, speaking highly of Mr. Hambrick's contributions.