Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site Events

September 2023

September 28

Step back in time to the year 1833 as Fanthorp Inn educator, Chandler Wahrmund, portrays the English immigrant Henry Fanthorp. Experience the story of Henry's early life, journey to Texas, and plans for the future.

This program begins at 6pm on Thursday, September 28th and is free of charge with any free-will donations benefiting our non-profit supporting group, the Friends of the San...

October 2023

October 28


Join us on Saturday Oct 28 from 10am to 4pm outside the Tavern at Washington on the Brazos as we commemorate the 156th anniversary of Henry and Rachel Fanthorp's passing.
We will be constructing a coffin using the same materials and methods used in the 1860s and describing some of the mourning rituals of the Victorian Era.