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Built in 1834 by Henry Fanthorp as a home for his bride, Rachel Kennard. Enlarged for hotel purpose. Served as first mercantile establishment and first post office (1835) in the region. Here Kenneth Lewis Anderson, vice-president of the Republic of Texas, died July 3, 1845. Stage lines from Houston to Old Springfield and Nacogdoches to Austin crossed here.
Fanthorp Inn is a historical marker in Anderson, Grimes County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Grimes County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 202 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.4831, -95.9840 near Anderson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kennard, Michael Moore (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kenneth Lewis Anderson, Fanthorp Family Cemetrey, and Thompson School Building, Miss Sally.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5185008573. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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