Austin Ghost Tours Coming to Calvert

Austin Ghost Tours has scheduled its Valentine Special for Calvert and will be using the Hammond House as its headquarters and featured location.

Austin Ghost Tours has been touring spooky places in and around Austin since 1997 but has been looking to expand its services to other areas of Texas, and Calvert will be their first tour outside of Austin. Jeanine Plumer, President of AGT, said that the second she came upon the Hammond House web site, she knew that was where she wanted to make her first non-Austin tour. The Gothic imagery of the Hammond House combined with Calvert's rich and colorful history were exactly what the company was looking for.

So on February 16, expect upwards of 40 ghost hunters to be rolling into town to spend a romantic weekend touring Calvert's favorite haunts.

Tickets are available at AustinGhostTours.com or by calling (512) 853-9826.

Hammond House Owner
Bill Hammond Norton

Upcoming Events in Calvert, Texas USA:

  • Austin Ghost Tours comes to Calvert - February 16 - 17. Call (512) 853-9826 for tickets and information.
  • Texas Birthday Bash Music Festival - Calvert says Happy Birthday to Texas with headliner Texas Johnny Brown, home grown Texas Bands, Texas Food, Texas Art & Crafts and Texas Fun for all ages. At Virginia Field Park Pavilion (1895) Calvert, Texas 2pm til... Admission: Free. Please no out side food or drink.
  • Hammond House on HGTV's If Walls Could Talk - February 29, 2008 at 5:30 PM CT , and probably reruns after that.
  • Spring tour of Homes - May 3rd and 4th.

For the past ten years this magnificent house has been lovingly and meticulously restored by Bill Hammond Norton, the great-grandson of one of the early owners, Fannie Lee Hammond, and it's now open to the public as a bed and breakfast. It is, I must admit, a pretty cool property:

  • Listed in the National Register - 1970.
  • Centerpiece of the National Register's Calvert Historic District.
  • Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968.
  • Featured property in the Texas Historical Commission's Texas Preservation Trust Fund brochures for both 2000 and 2001.
  • Location:
    • 34 miles from College Station, Texas A&M, and the George Bush Presidential Library.
    • Mid-point between Dallas and Houston. Perfect for getting together with former school mates and friends who have scattered out.
    • Less than three hours from most of Texas' major population and economic centers (Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio).
    • Set in the residential heart of Calvert.
  • Rooms:
    • 4 large bedrooms each with a private bath and one with a kitchenette.
    • A large downstairs room for receptions, murder mysteries, etc.
  • Sits on an entire city block (2.1 acres) - perfect for wedding receptions.
  • Grounds include a historic gazebo and historic carriage house.
  • Backs up to a beautiful historic cemetery.

Click Here to see some Before and After Pictures.

If you'd like to stay in one of the most unusual buildings in Texas, or if you would like to arrange for a wedding, reunion or other special event, give us a call at (979)364-3930, or email us at stay@thehammondhouse.com.