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- Scraping and Plowing
06/03/2023 - 06/04/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We are following the cotton cultivation methods laid out by the period account of Solomon Northup, a free man who was kidnapped from Washington D.C. [...]
Focus Weekend- Putting Up for Winter
06/10/2023 - 06/11/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Preserving food was one of the biggest jobs in the spring and summer for the times of year when food is not as plentiful. Join [...]
Special Program- Gentlemanly Pursuits
06/18/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Though purchased at the price of others’ freedom, Dr. Anson Jones and his sons enjoyed a variety of gentlemanly pursuits in their leisure time, including [...]
Judge Eddie E. Harrison Juneteenth Heritage Celebration
06/24/2023    
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Washington on the Brazos is proud to celebrate Juneteenth as a part of Washington County’s long history of marking the end of slavery in Texas. [...]
Focus Weekend- Okra, Peanuts, and Potatoes
06/25/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The garden kept by those enslaved at Barrington provided diversity to an otherwise bland diet, and more importantly filled the gaps in nutrition. Join us [...]
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 [...]
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Focus Weekend - Summer Sweets
1 Jul 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.