Details for Fanthorp Inn
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008573
Data
| Marker Number | 8573 |
| Atlas Number | 5185008573 |
| Marker Title | Fanthorp Inn |
| Index Entry | Fanthorp Inn |
| Address | 579 S. Main |
| City | Anderson |
| County | Grimes |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 213538 |
| UTM Northing | 3376079 |
| Subject Codes | inns, hotels, motels |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 579 S. Main, Anderson (Fanthorp Inn State Historic Park). |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | 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. |