A wedding and event venue near Anderson

About Anderson: Anderson is the county seat of Grimes County. The town and its surroundings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Anderson Historic District. Anderson is named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, a Republic of Texas vice president who died at the Fanthorp Inn in 1845. After turning down a railroad connection in 1859, Anderson was overtaken in size and commerce by nearby Navasota. The Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site in Anderson began in 1834 as a two-room cedar log dogtrot cabin and had grown into a 17-room complex by 1850. (source, source)

More about Anderson: Anderson Baptist Church was built of native stone between 1853 and 1855 by enslaved African-American laborers and artisans. The Baptist General Convention of Texas was organized in Anderson in 1848. Texas Parks and Wildlife acquired the Fanthorp Inn in 1977 and opened it in 1987 as a state historic site showing 1850 stagecoach-stop life. Anderson's B. B. Goodrich House belonged to Benjamin Briggs Goodrich, who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Republic of Texas constitution. Anderson draws visitors with Texas Trek in April, a County Fair and Juneteenth celebration in June, and Texan Days in September. (source, source)

Weather in Grimes County, for an outdoor event: Grimes County averages 40.5 inches of rain a year and a growing season of 278 days; July highs average 96°F and January lows 40°F. (source)