Historical Marker
Fanthorp Inn
Historical marker location:
579 S. Main, Anderson, Texas
( 579 S. Main, Anderson (Fanthorp Inn State Historic Park).)
Marker installed: 1936
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.