Fanthorp Inn
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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. (1936)
Marker No: 8573
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
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Geographic: 30.483080,-95.984001
Location: 579 South Main Street, Anderson (Fanthorp Inn State Historic Park).
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