Skip to content
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site, Rockport, TX

Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sightseeing

Fulton Mansion State Historic Site

An 1877 Second Empire mansion on the Texas coast, run as a state historic site with a self-guided tour and gardens.

317 S. Fulton Beach Rd., Rockport, TX 78382 · Rockport, TX

About Fulton Mansion State Historic Site

Fulton Mansion sits among old oak trees in the Rockport-Fulton resort area. Built in the 1870s for George Fulton and Harriet Smith Fulton, the four-story home was among the earliest Second Empire style buildings in Texas. Visitors start at the education center behind the house, then take a self-guided tour that covers the family's history and the engineering features of the home, such as gas lighting and indoor plumbing. Afterward, guests can stroll the gardens, which were planned around Harriet's interest in flowers. The site also offers guided adult group tours, school programs, and a Victorian Christmas event.

  • #historic house
  • #Victorian
  • #Second Empire architecture
  • #gardens
  • #guided tours

What's around here?

The closest stops to Fulton Mansion State Historic Site, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Texas Maritime Museum

    No admission fee

    A Rockport museum on Texas seafaring history, covering shipbuilding, shipwrecks, fishing, and coastal industry.

    2.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Goose Island State Park

    Under $25

    Camp under live oaks on the Texas coast, fish from a 1,620-foot pier and visit the Big Tree, a coastal live oak thought to be 1,000 years old.

    6.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

    Under $25

    A Gulf Coast wildlife refuge where you drive a 16-mile tour loop and climb observation towers to look for whooping cranes and alligators.

    23 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sightseeing
    Family Favorite

    Corpus Christi

    No admission fee

    Official tourism guide to Corpus Christi, Texas, covering Gulf Coast beaches, hotels, and attractions.

    36 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Presidio La Bahía

    Check prices

    Tour a restored Spanish fort and its Our Lady of Loreto chapel in Goliad, where the 1836 Goliad massacre took place during the Texas Revolution.

    46 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Goliad State Park and Historic Site

    Under $25

    Texas state park on the San Antonio River built around the restored Spanish colonial Mission Espíritu Santo.

    47 mi awayMore like this

Near Fulton Mansion State Historic Site

More of the same kind

Keep exploring