Homeschool Day: Making A Living

October 24th

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Nov 2024

Memento Mori: Fanthorp Funeral Practices

Memento Mori: Fanthorp Funeral Practices – 11/01/2024 - 11/03/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Come visit the inn as, we commemorate the 157th anniversary of Henry and Rachel Fanthorp’s passing. Explore the unique and peculiar ways Victorian families mourned… Learn More>>


Changing of the Seasons: Field and Home

Changing of the Seasons: Field and Home – 11/02/2024 - 11/03/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

The work of a plantation changes with the seasons! Fall is the time to plow our fields, put out warm rugs and curtains in the… Learn More>>


Fanthorp Inn's Grand Reopening Ceremony

Fanthorp Inn's Grand Reopening Ceremony – 11/15/2024
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us Friday November 15 for a special celebration in honor of the completion of our most recent restoration project! Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (12-1pm)Stagecoach Rides… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter – 11/16/2024 - 11/17/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, Amy, and Charity, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Start your experience… Learn More>>


Fanthorp Fast Food

Fanthorp Fast Food – 11/30/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join us as we prepare foods travelers might have consumed before arriving at the inn; including an early 1840s version of chili! There is no… Learn More>>


Dec 2024

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter – 12/14/2024 - 12/15/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, Amy, and Charity, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Start your experience… Learn More>>


Twilight - New Years Night

Twilight - New Years Night – 12/14/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Travel back in time and experience a period New Years and holiday celebration at the Fanthorp Inn in Anderson, TX! Activities begin at the Grimes… Learn More>>


 

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Focus Weekend - Summer Sweets
07/01/2023 - 07/02/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We’re cooking desserts and discussing picnics and entertainment Dr. Jones might have seen around the 4th of July holiday. Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or [...]
4th of July Activities
07/04/2023    
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
oin us on Tuesday, July 4th, at Washington-on-the-Brazos! We have a lot of fun 4th of July activities planned for the day at all 3 [...]
Runaway Scrape Escape Room
07/08/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Star of the Republic Museum invites visitors to put on their thinking caps and find their way out of the museum’s newest attraction – a [...]
Focus Weekend- Pulling Fodder
07/08/2023 - 07/09/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dr. Jones penned in his journal on July 13, 1854, that those enslaved– “Commenced taking corn blade fodder.” Although very few ears of corn were [...]
Living History Saturday - 19th Century Medicine
07/15/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join us for Living History Saturday - at Independence Hall, July 15, 2023 10am-4pm. Travel back in time to where a nation was born in [...]
Focus Weekend- Painting the Perimeter
07/15/2023 - 07/16/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wear some old clothes and help us paint the house fence and kitchen interior with whitewash. A traditional part of spring cleaning increases the life [...]
Focus Weekend- Farmer Thrifty & Squire Slipshod
07/22/2023 - 07/23/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
According to one 1850s farming periodical, “Farmer Thrifty” kept a neat and well-maintained farm, while “Squire Slipshod” allowed his barn, tools, and fences to fall [...]
Focus Weekend - Farmer Thrifty & Squire Slipshod
07/22/2023 - 07/23/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
According to one 1850s farming periodical, “Farmer Thrifty” kept a neat and well-maintained farm, while “Squire Slipshod” allowed his barn, tools, and fences to fall [...]
Special Program- School Time!
07/29/2023 - 07/30/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fancy learning 1850s style? You can mind your manners and your ABCs for a period school lesson at the Jones’ home while getting ready to [...]
Focus Weekend- Farmers Nooning
08/05/2023 - 08/06/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Taking a break, or “nooning,” in the heat of the day would help both enslaved and free 19th century farmers renew their energy on a [...]
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1 Jul 23
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4 Jul 23
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Runaway Scrape Escape Room
8 Jul 23
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Focus Weekend- Pulling Fodder
8 Jul 23
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Special Program- School Time!
29 Jul 23
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Focus Weekend- Farmers Nooning
5 Aug 23
Washington

Since most events occur at least partially outside, guests should dress appropriately for the weather and uneven terrain. Programs and events are open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.