Hours
Wednesday to Sunday
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tickets
Adult $10
Senior/Veteran/Teacher/First Responder $8
Child (6-17) $5
Child (5 and under) Free
Family (2 adults & 1 child) $22, each additional child $1
Admission provides access to both Levi Jordan and Varner-Hogg Plantations
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Significant to the antebellum period of Texas history and the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, this site hosted a sizable plantation operation and two-story Greek Revival-style house. Levi Jordan moved his family and enslaved workers to Texas to establish a sugar and cotton plantation on the San Bernard River in the late 1840s. The site highlights the multiple perspectives and evolving relationships of those who lived and worked on the land during the 19th century. Today, the Levi Jordan Plantation provides a unique opportunity to understand the evolving agricultural history of the South and the early African American experience in Texas.
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Levi Jordan History
In 1848, Jordan purchased a half-league (2,214 acres) of mostly uncleared woods and prairie in Brazoria County.
Events at Levi Jordan Plantation
Open Guided Tour Day
Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Come out to Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site for a guided tour with site staff and learn about this former plantation and the archeology associated with it.
Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895 by John R. Lundberg Description: This book examines slavery and Reconstruction in what the author calls the lowcountry – Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties. By 1861, more than 70% of this regional population were enslaved people. These demographics established the Texas Lowcountry as a distinct region in terms of population and social structure. This book explores the region as a borderland, chronicles the history of the enslavers and the enslaved, and details the experiences of freed people in the region during Reconstruction.
Save Your Story: Oral History Workshop
Saturday 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.In this presentation and workshop, you will hear first-hand accounts from those who lived on these plantation sites over the past centuries. Site Educators will then teach visitors how to record quality oral histories of their own and demonstrate how to us the online platform, Storycorps.
Levi Jordan Plantation in the Blog
Artifact Spotlight: Ginger Beer Bottles
Learn about the history of ginger beer and artifacts that were recovered from the Levi Jordan and Varner-Hogg Plantations.
Plantations' Past
Since Texas’ colonization, people of African descent have been contributing to the state and its history. With their arrival in Texas as early as 1528, African Americans—whether enslaved or free—were instrumental in settling Spanish Texas.
Juneteenth: Freedom Comes to Texas
On June 19, 1865, Union troops in Texas began to enforce the end of slavery following the Civil War. Approximately 250,000 enslaved Black Texans had new legal status. In this program, historians discuss the impact of emancipation for these newly free Texans.
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