Fulton Mansion in the 1880s.
Fulton family, 1860s.
Painting depicting packing house operations on the Fulton waterfront, John Grant Tobias, 1875. (Texas Maritime Museum)
Combs made from cow horns.
Ad for tallow processing, this company in Hawaii.
Chair made from cow horns. (Museum of Fine Arts Houston)
The fortune made in ranching built George and Harriet Fulton’s dream home – where they lived in for 18 years. Completed in 1877, the impressive bayside residence – which the Fultons called “Oakhurst” – was built in the French Second Empire architectural style and featured ultra-modern (for the time) mechanical systems like gas lighting, central heating, and hot and cold water plumbing. Today, the house is the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site – an interactive museum open to the public. Visitors can learn about the Fulton family, immerse themselves in a beautifully restored Victorian villa, and see first-hand how lucrative the cattle industry was for many Texas businessmen.
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site
- Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m.
- Admission: Adults: $6, Ages 6-18: $4
- 317 Fulton Beach Rd, Rockport, TX
- 361-729-0386
- Visit Website
- National Register of Historic Places, a Texas Historical Commission property
