Historic Site Grand Re-Opening!

November 8th

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Oct 2025

White Gold: Cotton in Texas

White Gold: Cotton in Texas – 10/04/2025 - 10/05/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Selling cotton picked by those enslaved was the main source of Barrington’s income – a cash crop. This special program gives visitors the hands-on opportunity… Learn More>>


Fanthorp Inn Stagecoach Day

Fanthorp Inn Stagecoach Day – 10/10/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join us on Friday Oct 10 from 10am to 4pm for a stagecoach day at the Fanthorp Inn. We'll have special activities and tours of… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter – 10/18/2025 - 10/19/2025
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>>


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

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>>


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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Bloodletting, Leeches and Laudanum: Medicine in the 1850s
Find new appreciation for modern medicine and your doctor! Medicine in the 1850s utilized strange and painful treatments, which were more likely to harm you [...]
Stagecoach Days
04/09/2016    
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Fanthorp Inn Stagecoach Days allows visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross-country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection [...]
Living History Saturday at Independence Hall
04/16/2016    
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Free to park visitors. Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836. On the third Saturday of each month, staff and volunteers [...]
Basketry on the Brazos
In 1850s Texas, it was a quite common sight to see people harvesting green sap-laden trees to turn into baskets. Baskets were the most convenient [...]
Music Makes a Celebration
04/23/2016    
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Discover the music that inspired celebration and recreation in 19th century Texas with the program “Music Makes a Celebration,” presented by Homestead Strings at Fanthorp Inn. As [...]
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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.