Sunday, December 18th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
What special foods do you enjoy on the holidays? Like you, the Jones family hosted visitors and enjoyed a varied diet full of exotic treats to mark the season. We’ll be making a few of these foods this weekend and talking about many others. Discussions and kitchen activities ongoing. Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Washington-on-the-Brazos-State-Historic-Site
Event Details
Ring in the holidays at the Birthplace of Texas! Join festive citizens from the Town of Washington as they celebrate the season with popular readings and songs from the 19th Century. Learn about common Christmas traditions that would have taken place in towns like Washington and listen to stories of Christmases gone by in the Brazos Valley. Enjoy a taste of the season by sampling some homemade wassail to warm you up! Contact Adam Arnold at Adam.Arnold@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x228 for more information.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
What special foods do you enjoy on the holidays? Like you, the Jones family hosted visitors and enjoyed a varied diet full of exotic treats to mark the season. We’ll be making a few of these foods this weekend and talking about many others. Discussions and kitchen activities ongoing. Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Star of the Republic Museum
Event Details
Join us at the museum to try your hand at activities and skills needed by kids during the Republic era. This month, we’ll be doing Christmas Crafts, including Moravian Stars, snowflakes, and other various items 11-4 or until supplies run out. Contact Jordan Lucier for more information at 936-878-2214 x236.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022 :: 4:30pm - 8:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
Silent Night and gunshots, festive music and solemn moments—an 1850s Texan Christmas experience! Discover the origins of some of our favorite Holiday traditions as costumed interpreters bring to life the festivities of the season with musket-fire, music, dancing and more! Step into the historic home of the last President of the Republic, Dr. Anson Jones, as the family enjoys their Christmas gathering. Visit the plantation’s quarter to hear how the enslaved at Barrington experienced the season. Sip a hot cup of cider, cozy up to the fire, and begin your holiday season with Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site! Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
Newly constructed, this beautiful and unique home offers relaxation and tranquility for a couple or even family and friends. Enjoy an expansive deck with a hot tub and seating all overlooking a wonderful pasture while indoors are a lavish master bedroom, stunning full bathroom, and spacious living/dining area. Multiple horses and wildlife also call the ranch home and are a delightful pleasure to watch.
A private clothing-optional community. Go skinny dipping and experience a safe and natural lifestyle at the largest clothing-optional resort in Texas. Cabins, RV sites, tent camping.
Lillian Farms Country Estate combines the grace of a true B&B in a Victorian-style mansion, and the charm of secluded self-catering cottages for those who really want to get away from it all. Overlooking 230 acres of picturesque Texas landscape, Lillian Farms has five B&B guest rooms and eight cottages. For B&B guests, a full breakfast is served each morning. Cottage guests will find breakfast items stocked in their full kitchen. Lodging packages. Lillian Farms is also home to the Lone Star Event Center, which features 5,000 square feet of space (including a ballroom) to host weddings and special events up to 300 guests.
We offer a Comfy “Artsy” Mobile Home which sits within our gated wooded 5 acres. And after breakfast do meander around and enjoy our many “PUN”derful Gardens!
Enjoy a relaxing country experience at Brazos Bed & Breakfast. Two exceptional suites, each with private entrances and patios, are nestled quietly in the country, just a few miles from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Suites are complete with Dish TV, Wi-Fi, full baths and butler’s pantries, hot tub, and guests enjoy a delicious full breakfast delivered to each suite daily.
Sunday, December 18th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
What special foods do you enjoy on the holidays? Like you, the Jones family hosted visitors and enjoyed a varied diet full of exotic treats to mark the season. We’ll be making a few of these foods this weekend and talking about many others. Discussions and kitchen activities ongoing. Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Star of the Republic Museum
Event Details
Join us at the museum to try your hand at activities and skills needed by kids during the Republic era. This month, we’ll be doing Christmas Crafts, including Moravian Stars, snowflakes, and other various items 11-4 or until supplies run out. Contact Jordan Lucier for more information at 936-878-2214 x236.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
What special foods do you enjoy on the holidays? Like you, the Jones family hosted visitors and enjoyed a varied diet full of exotic treats to mark the season. We’ll be making a few of these foods this weekend and talking about many others. Discussions and kitchen activities ongoing. Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022 :: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Washington-on-the-Brazos-State-Historic-Site
Event Details
Ring in the holidays at the Birthplace of Texas! Join festive citizens from the Town of Washington as they celebrate the season with popular readings and songs from the 19th Century. Learn about common Christmas traditions that would have taken place in towns like Washington and listen to stories of Christmases gone by in the Brazos Valley. Enjoy a taste of the season by sampling some homemade wassail to warm you up! Contact Adam Arnold at Adam.Arnold@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x228 for more information.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022 :: 4:30pm - 8:00pm
Barrington Plantation State Historic Site
Event Details
Silent Night and gunshots, festive music and solemn moments—an 1850s Texan Christmas experience! Discover the origins of some of our favorite Holiday traditions as costumed interpreters bring to life the festivities of the season with musket-fire, music, dancing and more! Step into the historic home of the last President of the Republic, Dr. Anson Jones, as the family enjoys their Christmas gathering. Visit the plantation’s quarter to hear how the enslaved at Barrington experienced the season. Sip a hot cup of cider, cozy up to the fire, and begin your holiday season with Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site! Contact Barb King at barbara.king@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.
