Friday, January 24, 2020 - 2:05pm
Text by Andy Rhodes, photos by Patrick Hughey
Maintaining a historic property can be a financial challenge. But when that building is walloped by 130-mph winds, it’s especially problematic.
The THC’s Fulton Mansion State Historic Site received a direct hit from Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017. After ensuring the safety and well-being of the site’s staff and family...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 2:05pm
The catastrophic destruction Hurricane Harvey left in Rockport-Fulton on August 25, 2017 was beyond devastating for all the people who called this place home.
The town’s Fulton Mansion State Historic Site—one of the Texas Historical Commission’s 22 historic sites and rated first on the list of things to see in Rockport-Fulton—suffered significant damage. The hurricane...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 8:00am
By Melody Woods, Educator, Fulton Mansion
This summer during S.E.A. Camp, the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site became the scene of a crime when the Fultons’ cookies went missing from their cookie jar! Summer Experience in Aransas (S.E.A) Camp is a partnership between the Texas Maritime Museum, Fulton Mansion, Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries, Goose Island State Park, and...
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 8:00am
By Melody Woods, Fulton Mansion Educator
This past summer, Aransas County kids discovered Victorian etiquette can be fun! Fulton Mansion State Historic Site—in partnership with the Texas Maritime Museum, Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries, Goose Island State Park, and the Bay Education Center—sponsored the Summer Experience in Aransas (S.E.A.) Camp, where more than 150 local...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 8:00am
By Marsha Hendrix, Fulton Mansion Site Manager
Fulton Mansion is pleased to unveil a new partnership and education program with First Community Bank. Thanks to the leadership of the Friends of the Fulton Mansion Board President Sterling Heller and her son, Eric Heller, vice-president/branch manager at First Community Bank in Rockport, the bank has donated $5,000 to the mansion’s...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 10:12am
By Lara Garner, Fulton Mansion Educator
Last fall, Fulton descendant Emily Beaman Beals donated several significant artifacts to Fulton Mansion State Historic Site. The artifacts included two silver goblets, a matching pitcher, and a tray that the Central Ohio Railroad Company presented George Fulton in 1855 to thank him for his work as superintendent for the railroad.
After...
Friday, January 2, 2015 - 8:00am
By Lara Garner, Fulton Mansion Educator
Restoration of Fulton Mansion State Historic Site has been underway for 19 months, and many significant accomplishments have been realized, including structural and exterior wood repairs and window replacement. After months of research and testing, another big hurdle was completed recently—rebuilding the mansion’s gallery floors.
The...
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 8:00am
By Lara Garner, Fulton Mansion Educator
Last March, Fulton Mansion Volunteer Coordinator Sharron Flood had an idea. She came to me and said, “Remember the film we showed for our Fall Parlor Chat, ‘Victorian Fashion Undressed’? We could recreate that ourselves, you know!” The idea was in perfect timing with Women’s History Month, occurring in March.
And Sharron was right. The...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 8:50am
The spirit of love was in the air at Fulton Mansion State Historic Site as we hosted the second annual “Love Your Community” valentine’s craft event with the Rockport Center for the Arts and the Texas Maritime Museum.
Our Education and History Center multipurpose room became Cupid’s workshop on February 8, as 50 children and their parents experienced our six festive craft stations....
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 3:45pm
By Lara Garner, Fulton Mansion Educator
Last month, the Fulton Mansion was full of spooktacular fun with our popular Spooky Stories creative writing program for area students. We started the program in 2009 because visitors young and old often ask Mansion staff if the Fulton Mansion is haunted. Since we do not have ghost stories to tell, we created a language arts program for students...
