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Mimosa Hall
Mimosa Hall is the name of a plantation home in Leigh, Texas. Mimosa Hall was built in 1844 by John J. Webster, an architect from Alabama who moved to the then Republic of Texas. John J. Webster was born in Alabama in 1796, the son of a revolutionary soldier.〔(New Page 1 )〕 He moved to Texas in 1839 with his wife, Miriam Webster, and their children.〔
== History ==
It was the first brick house in Harrison County, originally situated in the middle of of land.〔(Handbook of Texas Online - LEIGH, TX )〕 All of the bricks were made on the plantation, and the lumber was cut on the property by the slaves.〔 The plantation was primarily used for planting.
The family cemetery was on the property adjoining the house.〔(Harrison County Cemeteries )〕 Nestled two miles (3 km) back in the woods, the cemetery is surrounded by an old brick wall on the top of a knoll. The original family were all buried there, and the cemetery is still maintained by their descendants.〔
The American Museum in Britain has in its permanent collection a quilt made by slaves on the Mimosa Hall Plantation. The quilt, circa 1860, is called "The Chalice." 〔(Classic Quilts from the American Museum in Britain )〕
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