Historic Site Grand Re-Opening!

November 8th

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Oct 2025

Memento Mori: Fanthorp Funeral Practices

Memento Mori: Fanthorp Funeral Practices – 10/24/2025 - 11/02/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Come visit the inn as, we commemorate the 158th anniversary of Henry and Rachel Fanthorp’s passing. Explore the unique and peculiar ways Victorian families mourned… Learn More>>


Nov 2025

Changing Seasons: Field & Home

Changing Seasons: Field & Home – 11/01/2025 - 11/02/2025
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>>


Grand Re-Opening at Washington-on-the-Brazos

Grand Re-Opening at Washington-on-the-Brazos – 11/08/2025
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site has undergone a $51 million renovation over the last two years. When re-opened on November 8, 2025, visitors will experience… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter – 11/15/2025 - 11/16/2025
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 & Stagecoach Ride

Fanthorp Fast Food & Stagecoach Ride – 11/22/2025
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! Stagecoach rides will… Learn More>>


Dec 2025

Candlelight Christmas

Candlelight Christmas – 12/12/2025 - 12/13/2025
6:00 pm - 8:15 pm

Silent Night and gunshots, festive music and solemn moments—an 1850s Texan Christmas experience! Discover the origins of some of our favorite Holiday traditions on December… Learn More>>


Feb 2026

Texas Independence Day Celebration

Texas Independence Day Celebration – 02/27/2026 - 02/28/2026
All Day

SAVE THE DATE because the Texas Independence Day Celebration is back! After two years of exciting renovations to the historic site, we are happy to… Learn More>>


 

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Cooking in the Quarter
03/04/2023 - 03/05/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Enslaved men and women, such as Jerry, Mary, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal [...]
Focus Weekend- Pins & Needles
03/11/2023 - 03/12/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Girl’s Own Book (1834) says, “There is no accomplishment of any kind more desirable…than neatness and skill in the use of a needle.” It [...]
Farmers Market & Plant Swap
03/18/2023    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Come out and enjoy our local Farmers Market and Plant Swap. Located under the Live Oak Trees in front of the Visitor Center from 10am-2pm.
Living History Saturday: Delegate Election
03/18/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836. On the third Saturday of each month, staff and volunteers dressed in period [...]
Special Program- Beasts of Burden
03/18/2023 - 03/19/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Plowing the land was a quintessential 1850s farming skill! Livestock trained to work, such as horses, mules, and oxen, played a vital role in the [...]
Homeschool Day
03/23/2023    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join us for Homeschool Day. Visitors will be able to explore Washington-on-the-Brazos at their own pace and learn about 1800s food with hands on activities, [...]
Focus Weekend- Spring Tonics
03/25/2023 - 03/26/2023    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Spring has sprung- and there is so much to do! Who has time to be sick? Many families had their own special recipes for a [...]
H.K. Yoakum and the Fanthorp Inn
03/25/2023 - 03/26/2023    
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Henderson Yoakum is one of the notable Texans who stayed at the Fanthorp Inn. Discover the story of this prominent Tennessee politician turned Texan historian [...]
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23 Mar 23
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Focus Weekend- Spring Tonics
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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.