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Delforge Place, Fredericksburg, Texas
One of the few traditional host homes remaining
in Fredericksburg, where self-contained guest houses are the norm, Delforge
Place is the lair of Betsy Delforge, the great-granddaughter of a sea
captain. With help from her husband, George, and son Peter, Betsy has
turned her 1898 Victorian house into a veritable walking tour of American
history, with an emphasis on things nautical.
The Map Room features an original oil painting
of her ancestor Captain B. Jones, sailing into the port of Hong Kong in
1860. The room's other heirlooms include a trunk that Jones took to sea
and an 1854 atlas presented to him aboard his ship in Singapore.
The Quebec and American rooms each have their
own sitting area and are furnished with antiques from the American Revolution
and Civil War eras.
An exterior staircase leads to a wooden platform
shaped like a ship's bow, where the Upper Deck room, with porthole windows,
resembles a captain's quarters.
Betsy, a retired home economist, serves a
breakfast that usually includes her famous sour cream twists, along with
homemade crepes and a cold fruit soup.
Location: 710 Ettie
St., Fredericksburg
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