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Kennedy Country Properties will co-broker, however, the agent must accompany their buyer from the initial showing forward!

To come across this house and property is a remarkable experience. It is indefinable quality in the midst of a leisured pastoral setting. Large windows give way to incredible vistas of this park-like setting on 163+/- acres fronting on prestigious FM 390 in the Gay Hill community of Washington County.

Historic live oaks and high rolling hills surround this extraordinary 8,349+/- square foot home with six bedrooms, six full baths and two half baths. The home features a gourmet kitchen, butler pantry, mud room, living and dining room each with fireplaces and overlooking a covered terrace with outdoor grill and fireplace. Two fireplaces grace the master bedrooms and sitting room. The master includes his and her bath areas with separate closets. A screened porch with east exposure overlooks a beautifully landscaped yard with a large grove of stately live oak trees.

The upstairs features five bedrooms, four baths, spacious family room with fireplace, kitchen and utility room complete with excellent storage. The architectural turret provides additional access from the back of the home. Beamed ceilings highlight the rooms throughout the home along with wide plank hardwood flooring and carpeting upstairs.

For most of us, our dream is to find a place surrounded by nature, isolated and beautiful, where we can find time to connect with the simple things in life and enjoy a slower pace. Such a place lies on 133.333 acres in Washington County, only a short drive from Houston. Endowed with comfort and a captivating view, this is the ideal country place.

Pass the gate, the road curves through lush meadows and fields blanketed with wildflowers each spring. Relaxing on the front porch of this charming restored Texas farmhouse, nestled among a grove of huge trees in a park-like setting, it is difficult to imagine a more perfect setting.

The farmhouse amenities include high ceilings, hardwood flooring, large windows, central air and heat, a spacious country kitchen with large island and dining area overlooking the swimming pool. The home has two large bedrooms, one full bath and spacious living room. The exterior of the home was repainted in November, 2011.

Land features include three seasonal creeks, three ponds, areas of woods, stately mature trees and fields of wildflowers in the spring and summer. A small barn for your tools and garden equipment is near the home.

High Hopes Ranch

Brenham/Independence, TX

169.235+/- Acres

Washington County, Texas

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A Special and Spectacular Ranch

This is the Texas you have always dreamed about. The splendor of the outdoors is yours! Undoubtedly, this is one of the finest properties to come on the market in Washington County for years.

High Hopes Ranch, with 169.235+/- acres, surrounds the original site of Baylor University with road frontage on historic LaBahia FM 390 and McCrocklin Roads in the town of Independence. This premier property features high rolling meadows blanketed with historic live oak trees, breathtaking wildflowers, woods, and a spring fed creek. Choose from numerous home sites surrounded by massive live oaks and panoramic views of the countryside.

The year-round creek traverses throughout the property providing a beautiful setting as well as a source of fresh water for wildlife. Masses of wood ferns grow wild along the deep creek banks. Walking along the creek one will see dogwood, redbud, live oaks, sycamore, pecan, possum haw holly and numerous others.

Improvements include a nice three bedroom log home, maintenance & equipment building, hay storage building, horse barns, covered riding arena, small cabin in the woods and community water.

Take a drive to the country and you will have a memorable experience visiting this outstanding property.

$2,800,000

Green Gate Ranch

New Ulm, TX

375+/-+/- Acres

Sold with 497+/- Acres

Austin County, Texas

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Green Gate Ranch is an incomparable 375+- acre ranch, developed over 14 years, with unsurpassed grassland pastures, multiple water sources, numerous hardwood trees and native woods, and a glistening stocked lake near the entrance. The moment you drive on to the property on the winding red gravel road you know it’s special.

Located in the rolling countryside of Austin County, Green Gate Ranch is approximately 65 miles northwest of Houston, Texas between the historic towns of Cat Spring and New Ulm, Texas. The ranch is close enough to populated areas to provide for conveniences, yet removed from the fast pace of major cities to provide the perfect “getaway”.

Creeks wind through the property providing a beautiful setting, as well as a source of fresh water for wildlife. Numerous riding trails traverse throughout the woods and along the creeks.

A working horse ranch, Green Gate is one of the few remaining large ranches in the area. The property can handle up to 70 horses with its sandy soil and rolling elevations. The ranch has a long standing reputation for producing fine horses, providing all necessary facilities for a practical ranching operation.

Meticulously maintained Green Gate Ranch provides a picture perfect setting for the next generation of owners.