Giddings Stone Mansion

Review №1

Rating: 5

Great place to see a piece of US History

Date: 3 months ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

Date: 8 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

Very beautiful! My Nephew and his now wife had their wedding there. The staff was wonderful. Must tour!! Very beautiful inside and out picture below is from my nephews wedding Wait time

Date: 8 months ago

Review №5

Rating: 4

Very cool historical site! All of the pictures from the time period are fascinating. It would be 5 stars if access was open to more people. I didnt know people had indoor showers back then...they have one in the mansion and it was very interesting (and medieval looking ).

Date: 10 months ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

This House was where my friends , Frank Stone, Louise Stone stayed several summers . I played Little League Baseball in Burnham. The years about 1957- 58. Frank came to Brenham the summer of 1957. The house was up the hill from my familys house at the first street across from the property. I had a short cut up the hill to the house. Frank did not come to my house. He worked at the house. His grandmother was living in the house, first floor. The house had electricity and running water. The kitchen used has for cooking on big stoves. Frank was ay least a year older than me. Frank pitched for his baseball team. He was big and strong. I was good at throwing a baseball also. So we played catch outside on the front porch and side porch. The wooden porches were broken and had rotted wood. Closer to the house, the wood was better. I used a catchers mitt to catch Frank. I think I batted against Frank at little League. He was hard to hit. Frank helped to heat the house in the fall. But the inside fireplaces are shallow. Not deep enough for big logs. Frank had to chop wood stacked up in back of the house. He had 4 metal buckets to fill with small split logs to fit the fireplace in the 4 bedrooms they used. Frank swept up ashes from fires and took them outside. Frank and I were shooting a 22 rifle at buzzards flying over a back pasture on the property. We had shot about 10 bullets at the birds circling over some carcass. Frank saw a Sheriffs car driving up the driveway to the house. We walk to the barbwire fence across the back of the house, a parking area. The car comes closer to the fence and stopped. A officer gets out of the car and walks over to Frank and myself. we are waving and saying Hello, as friendly as possible. The officer sees the rifle, Frank holding it, not trying to hide it. The officer says that a couple of small bullets had landed on the street next to a Car Sales Lot on the highway across from the property. He said to not shoot up at birds, shoot at flat targets with nothing behind them. Frank said he was sorry about the bullets and said he would do what the officer said . We switched to using bows and arrows for rabbits. We could never hit a rabbit with a arrow. So we started building traps for rabbits. We used several types of traps I saw in the Boy Scout Booklet. We dug holes and covered them with leaves to trap rabbits. No luck. I have to say the house was so much fun as 10 years old up stairs and down stairs. Just had to be careful on the porches away from the house. The kitchen was in a separate building from the main house. I saw several big meals prepping there. Louise Stone, Franks mother was my friend. She liked Frank playing baseball. They lived in Houston at that time. Frank had a older brother named Heber. I think Heber was in the Navy, but he came to the house. He was a big man, Frank was going to be big also. I will write more when I have time. Gene Iorgov, Nov 13, 2023.

Date: 10 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 4

Beautiful venue!

Date: a year ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Very interesting place and you can feel every bit of history when you walk through the mansion.

Date: a year ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Very interesting. Stop by if you are in the area and if you are into history.

Date: a year ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Excellent tour with interesting details. Just be sure to call ahead to schedule.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Great tour well kept beautiful mansion must see in Brenham.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

Beautiful place for a birthday celebration.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

Beautiful historic home in Brenham, Texas. The house itself is gorgeous, finished in 1870. Built on the highest hill in Washington county... the history alone is so interesting. I highly recommend taking a tour if you re in the area. The Detail of the 19th century Greek revival architecture is definitely worth seeing. All around a very stunning and historic landmark I wouldn t want to miss out on.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №17

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №18

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Glad they saved it. Impressive architecture!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №21

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

We could not have picked a better place for our wedding reception. The venue was incredible and Susan went above and beyond for us.

Date: 4 years ago