Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Galveston County

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The Settlement Historic District -- Texas City.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
During Reconstruction former slaves founded a community known as the Settlement on land platted by Judge William J. Jones for purchase by freedmen. Prior to this, a number of cattlemen moved to this area with their slaves. During the Civil War, George Washington Butler was placed in charge of a containment camp and used slave labor from there to drive cattle for the Confederate Army. After the war ended, Butler continued in the cattle industry, hiring freedmen as Cowboys. Some of them lived in the community first known as Highland Tank.

The first settlers were Kneeland and Slyvia Britton,and Albert and Priscilla (Britton) Phillips. Calvin Bell, Thomas Britton and David Hobgood were area Cowboys and pioneers of the community. By 1870 the Rev. Israel S. Campbell helped begin a church; residents built a sanctuary and school the following year in a community called Campbellville for the Reverend. Pioneering families, however called it Settlement shortened from “Our Settlement,” declaring the importance of freedom and owning land.

The African American community prospered throughout the late 1800s. Many male residents worked on Butler Ranch or as farmers. Also, unique for the time, the community had a high literacy rate. By the early 1900s residents worked in railroad occupations and later in industry. In 1911, an interurban line came through the community, and Highland Station opened; the Settlement was known as Highlands and La Marque until it was incorporated into the city limits of Texas City in the 1950s. The community began to decline in the 1960s, when many young people left to work in an integrated society. However, rodeos and trail rides have been held as reminders of this once flourishing and self-sufficient community founded by African American Cowboys.

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Melrose Apartment Building, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places. Coordinates N 29° 18.330 W 094° 47.414

M. W. Shaw Building.jpg
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The M.W. Shaw building was constructed in 1878. The building is a 2-story stuccoed, brick commercial structure. The building is one of the earliest brick commercial structures remaining intact outside the Strand district.

It is thought the building was built by R.F. Martin. It was purchased in the early 1890s by M.W. Shaw who owned the building for several years. Shaw was a jeweler as well as vice president of the Galveston Trust and Safe Deposit Co., neither of theses businesses were located in the building. The building housed wide variety of retail businesses over the years.

This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places. Coordinates N 29° 18.285 W 094° 47.752

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Cavalla (SS-244) goes out on an op some time in 1960.

City National Bank Building, Galveston.jpg
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City National Bank Building, now the Galveston County Historical Museum, in downtown Galveston, Texas Photo taken around 1997 by myself.

Home of Michael Branamour Menard, Galveston.jpg
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Michel Menard was Founder of the city of Galveston. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. His home was later sold to the Allen brothers, founders of Houston.

First Presbyterian Church Galveston.jpg
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Present structure started 1872; completed 1889. Following its escape from the great fire of 1885, church housed classes from schools which had burned.

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The Bishop's Palace on Broadway and 14th St. in Galveston, Texas. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Powhatan House Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Early Galveston hotel; built 1847 by John Seabrook Sydnor, Galveston mayor 1846-1847.

Greek revival architecture; Doric columns from Maine.

Has served as orphanage, military academy, residence, and set for a motion picture. Now Galveston Garden Center.

Star Drug Store, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
In 1886, the Scanlon family of Galveston purchased land and built the Levy Building and the Star Drug Store. They hired Galveston architect Nicholas Clayton, to design the buildings. He created attaching facades with asymmetrical window groupings consisting of arches and elaborate decor.

The original structure of the Star Drug Store was wood; this changed when Charles J. Michaelis, a local druggist, bought the building in 1906. Michaelis hired contractor J.W. Zempter, who converted the building to brick. This $15,000 renovation was completed in 1909. In 1917, a horseshoe shaped, tile soda fountain counter was added to the pharmacy.

In the 1920's George Clampitt and Grady Dickinson purchased the store; they operated it until 1982. During that time the Star became the first desegregated lunch counter in Galveston. Ownership changed hands several times before a severe fire on Friday, March 13, 1998, closed the store indefinitely.

In November 2001, the Tilts family purchased and began restorations to the building. This five year project included rebuilding and restoring the facade, adding two loft apartments and a Coca-Cola neon porcelain sign. The original horseshoe counter, complete with the embedded red tile star, remains.

Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Erected 1855-1857 for third episcopal mission in Republic of Texas. Established Feb. 6, 1841, by the Rev. Benjamin Eaton, rector from 1841 to 1871, who is buried beneath the sanctuary. First service held Nov. 1, 1857. Here Rev. Alexander Gregg was elected first bishop of the diocese of Texas on May 6, 1859. Trinity and her congregation have withstood the perils of epidemics, fire and flood.

St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Galveston.jpg
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St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston, in Galveston, Texas, USA

Frank B. Davison House.jpg
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Built by Frank and Florence Haven Davidson, 1895-1897. Sturdy Victorian structure, of cypress.

Home of first child born in Texas, City (formerly named Shoal Point). Survivor of many storms; suffered most in 1947 disaster.

Davidson, prominent civic leader and pioneer in Texas City was first in many capacitied: city commissioner, postmaster, school trustee, bank director. Opened the first store in Texas City. And had the first telephone.

St. Josephs Church -- Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
In the 1840s and 1850s, Galveston was a major point of entry for German immigrants. Bishop John M. Odin recommended construction of this church in 1859-60 for the German Catholic population. Joseph Bleicke, a German-born carpenter, built the frame structure with Gothic revival detailing. A trefoil window adorns the square bell tower. St. Joseph's operated a parochial school from 1876 to 1926 and remained an active parish until 1968.

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Dieses Bild zeigt ein Objekt, das im National Register of Historic Places der Vereinigten Staaten verzeichnet ist. Die Referenznummer lautet 72001546.

Caption in source: "Ursuline Academy. From Galveston: The Day Before and the Day After the Storm (Houston: W. W. Dexter and the Galveston Tribune, Press of E. M. Bereth, 1901), 16. Courtesy of the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas." The Ursuline Academy was on the 2600 block of Avenue N. It was built between 1891-95, designed by Nicholas J. Clayton.

McKinney-McDonald House.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
This stately old Galveston home was put on the national registry of historic places. About 15 years later in the early 1990's it burned. Since then it has sat unmaintained and deteriorating. In January 2011 a renovation was begun that appears not to be complete in 2021 and the building still unoccupied.

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Aerial: Wreck of the S.S. Selma, launched June 28, 1919.

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From U.S. Navy public domain

Photo #: NH 53690

USS Hatteras (1861-1863) (right)

19th Century print, depicting the sinking of Hatteras by CSS Alabama, off Galveston, Texas, 11 January 1863.

Texas Building, Galveston, TX.jpg
Autor/Urheber: 25or6to4, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
Texas Building in Galveston, Texas. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Ashton Villa — landmark villa and historic house museum in Galveston, southeast Texas.

• An 1859 Italianate style residence, that served as the local Confederate and then Federal military headquarters for Texas during the Civil War.

Mediterranean style architecture. European materials.

Ashton Villa Mansion is a, 3 story, palace-like structure, built by a proud, wealthy hardware businessman, James Brown, who believed in showing his wealth. This royal residence thought to be the first all brick home built in Texas, was fit for royalty and took 4 years to build from 1861 to 1865. The showplace of this glorious Italianate Villa was and is the ornate, formal living room, called The Gold Room, located near an alcove, within the spacious every day living room. There is a grand, center stairway that connects the floors, with the customary landings on each floor.

Ashton Villa is sometimes called the "most haunted building in America" mostly due to it's most notorious resident Miss Bettie Brown, James Brown's daughter. Bettie Brown grew up in an atmosphere of abundance of wealth, material goods, and extreme privilege. She was referred to by many during her time as the "Texas Princess." She spent most of her time collecting beautifully expensive objects and hosting grand parties.

The ghost of Bettie Brown is reputed to have been seen standing in the Gold Room and heard playing the piano like at one of her famous music recitals. A chest of drawers purchased in the Middle East standing in Bettie Brown's day room reportedly locks and unlocks. spontaneously though the key has been missing for years. Ceiling fans have been known to turn themselves on. One bed refuses to stay made. No matter how many times a day the sheets are straightened, they end up rumpled anyway. Bettie's ghost has been seen at the top of the grand staircase.

Daniel Webster Kemper House.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This House is in the National Register of Historic Places.

Ashbel Smith Building UTMB Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Nsaum75, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
1890 Ashbel Smith Building on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch on Galveston Island, Texas, USA

The William Lewis Moody Home.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Moody was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas

House at 2017-2023 Avenue I, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This grouping of four houses was built in early 1890s. The houses are two-story frame residences with rectangular hipped roofs. Each has a double gallery with arches supported by turned posts with decorative brackets. This is the best grouping of the simple double-gallery house remaining in Galveston. The vernacular form was built in Galveston from the late 1870s into the 20th century, often as speculative real estate. There are single and paired examples throughout Galveston, but this foursome is now unique. These houses are in the National Register of Historic Places.

Building at 1921-1921 One-Half Avenue D, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
The building at 1921 and 1921 1/2 Avenue D was built in 1889. The two-story stuccoed brick commercial building was built by John and Ernest Wegner, who operated a groceries and liquors business in the building until 1909-1910.

By 1912, Schaefer Bros. Bakery and Confectionery was operating from the building and they made substantial improvements to the building in that year. This building served as their main store and they operated other branches in Galveston.

This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places. Coordinates N 29° 18.377 W 094° 47.398

Robinson Building Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Robinson building was built in 1907 by George E. Robinson, who was of Robinson and Witt, contracting plumbing, gas and steam fitting and electrical work along with selling fixture. The building is a three story brick building and is a good example of an early 20th-century commercial structure built to house a service business. This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places. Coordinates N 29° 18.314 W 094° 47.428

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Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Erected in 1905-06 by local contractor Otto Haase, this building housed the Texas Bottling Works and the family residence of C. F. and Marie Marschner. Shortly before the completion of the building, C. F. Marschner died. His widow inherited the bottling works and operated the business with the assistance of her sons. The company was the first in Galveston to bottle distilled water. Texas Bottling Works remained in this location until 1929, when Triple XXX Bottling Company moved here. Otto Marschner became general manager of Triple XXX in the 1930s. Triple XXX continued to operate at this location into the mid-1940s. The plant was used for bottling soft drinks until the 1960s. This was followed by various businesses through the 1980s. The structure was restored in the 1990s and the upper floor again became a residence while the lower floor housed classic automobiles. A good example of an early 20th century commercial structure, the Marschner Building features decorative brick work, arched window openings, and an elaborate stepped parapet with brick and ball finials.

Jean Lafitte Hotel, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Jean Lafitte Hotel was built in 1927 and opened in October of that year. The ten-story brick hotel was designed architect Andrew Fraser who was originally from Scotland; came to U.S. in 1909, and to Galveston in 1926. He designed several major Galveston buildings. Built as the major downtown hotel at time when Galveston was resort, port, and gambling center. Provided (downtown hotel "for business and commercial visitors and for tourists." Had 204 rooms each with private path. W.L. Moody, Jr. is credited with originating idea of building hotel. Galveston citizens subscribed the funds under a "buy a room" plan to sell stock; 127 rooms "sold" for $1,000.

The Jean Lafitte Hotel was the most up-to-date hotel in downtown Galveston. Commercially and economically, it was an important addition to the city; a visual landmark, it is one of the largest structures in the downtown and serves as an anchor to this area.

This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places. Coordinates are N29° 18.255 W94° 47.465

Steffens Drewa House, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Steffens-Drewa House and its associated structures comprise a significant site in the history of late l9th- and early 20th-century Galveston. The original house was built in 1870 by Dr. Ferdinand Steffens, a German emigre and Galveston physician. The property contained both his residence and his office. His son-in-law, Edward Drewa, was a master craftsman and building contractor, and he, too, used the property both as residence and business. Drewa extensively enlarged and remodeled the house over the 20 year period from 1895 to 1914. The house is architectural hybrid, incorporating Queen Anne, Bungalow, and Gulf Coast vernacular elements.

Grace Episcopal Church, Galveston, Texas.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Founded 1874 as a mission of Trinity Church. In 1876 became an independent parish under the Rev. Jeremiah Ward, Rector. The Gothic style church was designed in white limestone by Nicholas J. Clayton, architect.

House at 2428 Postoffice Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Two-story wooden residence; rectangular with low-pitched hipped roof; two interior chimneys; S. facade is 2-bay with paired windows and recessed entrance; attached porches on first floor, separate one over door 1 W. facade has centered entrance with 2-story porch with pediment and remnants of bracketed cornice on side; windows are all shuttered; house rests on brick piers.

This is the last house remaining in area that was the famous Postoffice red-light district during the years Galveston was a wide open town -- gambling, prostitution, crooked authorities, any vice you can think of. It is the only surviving building of the strip. Tax records indicate that it was built about 1886 by a Mollie Walters, the madam of this bordello.

This house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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John Sealy was a financier and philanthropist in Galvestion. Sealy was born in Pennsylvania; and moved to Galveston in 1846 to seek his fortune. Galveston was the principal seaport and commercial center of Texas where he prospered in banking, shipping, railroads and cotton businesses.

George and Magnolia Sealy's neo-Renaissance mansion was completed in 1891 and is thought to be the only building in the South designed by Stanford White.

Their luxurious home, Open Gates, became a center of Galveston business and social life. According to family legend, the construction of the landmark mansion was instigated by a statement made by Magnolia after the birth of the couple's fifth child in 1885, "Sir, I'll give you a second son, if you'll build me the finest home in Galveston."

An elaborate carriage house, designed by Galveston architect Nicholas Clayton, was finished the same year the couple's second son was born.

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Autor/Urheber: 25or6to4, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
Merimax Building in Galveston, Texas. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Autor/Urheber: 25or6to4, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
I.O.O.F. Lodge in Galveston, Texas. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Building at 1925–1927 Market-Street (Galveston).jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
A brick commercial building built in 1889. The building was constructed by the Catholic Diocese of Galveston though there is no documented use of the building by the church. By 1898 Newson and Gottheil (the Model Market) were listed at this address. Market remained here into 1920s. The building is now (2021) a restaurant.

Samuel May Williams Home.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This rare combination of Creole-plantation and New England architectural styles was built in 1838 for Samuel May Williams, secretary to Stephen F. Austin and founder of the Texas Navy.

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Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Henry Beissner House, Galveston County, Texas. It is located in a "rough" neighborhood of Galveston where housing projects were leveled due to Hurricane Ike damage. Built in 1890-91 in a mixed Victorian (Stick, Eastlake, and Queen Anne) style, it was once known locally as "Noah's Ark" due to its use as a sanctuary during the 1900 Storm.

Reedy Chapel A. M. E. Church, Galveston, Texas.jpg
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Trustees of the Methodist Church purchased this lot in 1848 as a worship site for Black slaves. Meetings were held outdoors until a building was erected in 1863. At the end of the Civil War (1865), ownership of the property was transferred to the recently-freed Blacks, who organized the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas. It was later named in honor of the Rev. Houston Reedy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as the first pastor. The church survived several natural disasters, beginning in 1875, when the sanctuary was damaged in a storm. It was destroyed in 1885 by a fire that burned a large area of the city. Finished in 1887, the present structure was restored after the destructive hurricane of 1900 and repaired again in 1947 and 1957.

The African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is a predominantly African-American Methodist denomination. It was among the first denominations in the United States to be founded on racial rather than theological distinctions

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Photo of the United States Federal Building (officially named the United States Post Office, Customs House & Court House House Building) in downtown Galveston, Texas, USA, built in 1937.

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The Colonel Walter Gresham House — 1402 Broadway, Galveston (Galveston County, Texas) (cropped).

• Historic American Buildings Survey—HABS image.

Old Causeway, Galveston.jpg
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1912 Galveston Causeway & Railroad Bridge. In this photo, the bridge's single-leaf bascule-type lift span is in the raised position. The bascule span was replaced in 2012 by a vertical-lift span.

Lasker Home for Children.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This two-story galleried Greek revival residence was built about 1870 by Galveston attorney Marcus C. McLemore (d. 1898). The Society for the Help of Homeless Children bought the home in 1901 for use as a charitable center. It was enlarged in 1912 with funds contributed by Morris Lasker (1840-1916), a local businessman. Changes included an expanded basement and an addition to the northwest corner. The house was named in honor of Lasker in 1913.

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The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238) underway at sea, circa in 1943. Note that the wartime censor has erased the radars.

U.S. National Bank Building -- Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
The United States National Bank started in 1871 when the Island City Savings Bank was established with a charter to operate for 50 years. In 1887 the bank was failing and (ailed on Mr. Harris Kempner to help out the financial crisis. Mr. kempner brought stability back to the bank and was elected President in 1891 and served until his death in 1891.

In 1902 the Kempner family purchased 75% of Island City Savings Bank stock. Since that time the Kempner interests have had a dominant part in the affairs of the institution.

In 1903 the name was changed to The Texas Bank and Trust Co. The charter under which The Texas Bank and Trust Co. operated expired on December 31, 1923. On January I, 1921 the bank was chartered as the United States National Bank, the last national bank to use the title as Congress voted in 1923 to discontinue use of the name. In January 1971, United States National Bancshares, Inc., a registered bank holding company, was formed and acquired majority ownership of the United States National Bank of Galveston. In 1982 U.S. Bancshares merged with Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

The Texas City Bank and Trust Co. was located at 2201 Market Street. Announcement of a new bank and office building was made in the Galveston Tribune January 8, 1923, tinder the headline, "Texas Bank & Trust Company Will Erect Twelve Story Building." The United • States National Bank Building was erected on the site of a store formerly occupied by Clark W. Thompson and Hammersmith's Shoe Store. Alfred C. Bossom of New York, who also designed the Magnolia Building in Dallas, was the architect with Sanquinet, Staats & Ilerrick of Fort Worth as associate architects. The building was constructed by the West lake Construction Co. The new bank building was opened to the public March 21, 1925.

The twelve story granite-faced, Italian Renaissance style, steel and reinforced concrete structure is rectangular with an angled corner that signifies the entrance. Double doors with a pediment face the corner of Market and 22nd Streets. The building is supported by more than 600 pilings, 37 feet in length. It has a flat roof with wide eaves, and molded cornice. A simple entablature separates the two lower floors from the upper floors. The upper nine floors have the same window arrangement repeated on each floor. Equipment to run the building is housed on the roof.

The first story is divided into commercial spaces with display windows and entrances on fc^_22ftd Street. The second story is the banking floor. It consists of elongated arched windows separated by pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The banking room is furnished with marble floors and tables, large chandeliers, and paneled walls and ceiling. A mezzanine surrounds thfelides of the room. The upper nine floors are designed for general offices.

Mosquito Fleet Berth, Pier 19 Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
Jean Lafitte's pirate ships (1815-21) and Republic of Texas Navy (1836-40s) once sailed here. Galveston Wharves & Cotton Press Company, chartered 1854, built an early dock. Confederate marine assaults at sites in vicinity wrested the isle city from Federal occupation, 1863. Rum runners allegedly invaded the area in 1920s. Through the years, the Mosquito Fleet docked here among other ships, enriching the city and nation and blending Asian and European fisher customs into Americanisms. The international custom of blessing the fishing fleet is observed yearly in Galveston. The fleet is named for the shrimp boats' insect-like profiles. The pier hosts shrimpers today.

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Galveston, Texas. "Balinese Room" shortly before it was destroyed by Hurricane Ike.

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Panoramic photo of the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas, USA

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.Henry Rosenberg contributed this statue to the citizens of Galveston. It was a memorial to the Heroes of the Texas Revolution. A dedication ceremony on San Jacinto Day, April 21st, 1900 and featured a parade and ceremonies attended by Governer Joseph D. Sayers. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Louis Amateis. It is made of bronze and granite and features the female form of Victory holding a laurel wreath in an outstretched arm pointing to the San Jacinto Battleground across the bay, where Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna winning independence for the Republic of Texas.

Col. Hugh B. and Helen Moore House.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Colonel Hugh B. and Helen Moore House (1912) is a 2 1/2-story brick hipped roof building facing south on 9th Avenue in Texas City on the western shore of Galveston Bay. The house largely follows the Prairie School style popular in the early 20th century. The James Steward Company of Chicago constructed the house at the request of Colonel Moore while completing wharves in Texas City. The Steward Company completed an elaborate building using railroad rails for concrete reinforcement, 14-inch thick brick walls, and all load-bearing walls placed on individual foundations. The original house was remodeled at the direction of Colonel Moore with the recommendations of Stowe and Stowe Architects in 1929 and again completed to design by the Steward Company. Two additional buildings, a 2-story stucco garage apartment and 1-story storage unit, are Contributing elements to the site. The Colonel Hugh B. and Helen Moore House is a 2 1/2- story brick building occupying Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Block 349 in Texas

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Model Laundry, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Two-story reinforced concrete commercial structure with brick and tile facing; square shape with flat roof; shaped parapets define corners; facades divided into sections by groupings of 3 windows or 3 doors (latter on lower level) with flat pilasters; openings divided into smaller, usually vertical, panes; corbeling along roofline; contrasting tile brick frame openings; colored diamond- and square shaped tiles used as decoration; attached canopy on east facade; later rear addition of yellow brick also has slight variation in window treatment. Significance: Building represents type of later commercial architecture not common in Galveston. Also identified with laundry business that was considered progressive for the period. Sanborn Maps say "built in 1913" while tax records note improvements in 1914 with additional improvements in 1915. First listing of Model Laundry and Dry Works at address is in 1913 City Directory; same directory refers to "Our New Fire-Proof Home." Was only steam laundry in Galveston at time. Building continued in laundry-related use through 1970 directory. Wm. A. Johnson, responsible for building the structure, was known nationally in the laundry business. He came to Galveston back in 1909 to take over Model Laundry and Dye Works, a business dating back to 1888 but in a deteriorated state. Johnson was elected two terms as president of the Laundry owners' National Association of the U.S. and Canada. Model Laundry was first laundry in Texas and among first industrial institutions to provide life insurance for all employees. This Building is in the National Register of Historic Places.

1861 Galveston Customs and Courthouse.jpg
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Photo of the 1861 Customs building and Court House in Galveston, Texas

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The tall ship Elissa, which has sailed in three centuries, sails up the channel into Port Galveston, Texas.

Trueheart-Adriance Building, Galveston.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Designed in neo-renaissance, high Victorian style by Nicholas J. Clayton, noted architect, for H. M. Trueheart & Co., first chartered realty firm in Texas, founded by John O. Trueheart in 1857. H. M. Trueheart joined his father in 1866, admitted John Adriance as a partner in 1871, and built this structure in 1882. After H. M. Trueheart retired in 1906, the firm continued through 1953 as John Adriance & Sons. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973 Restored by the Junior League of Galveston. Coordinates N 29° 18.426 W 094° 47.578

Galveston-Garten-Verein.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
In the design of a Teutonic Club; all stockholders were of German descent. Center for the city's social life, 1876-1923, the complex had an octagonal dance pavilion, tennis courts, bowling and tenpin alleys, bandstand, fountains. When the corporation was dissolved, Stanley E. (Pat) Kempner bought the property and gave it to the city of Galveston for park use.

Hagemann Cobb House.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Jim Evans, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
This elaborate Italianate-Queen Anne style house was built in 1892 by Galveston grocer John Hagemann and his wife Jerusha. In 1932 the home was purchased by Thomas and Laura Ella Cobb. A city health inspector, Cobb was the head of the local Brewer's Union and was politically active in the community. The Hagemann-Cobb house features a distinctive wraparound veranda with a curved metal roof and ornate detailing of the Eastlake style.

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Sweeney-Royston House — in Galveston, Texas.

• James Moreau Brown (1821-1895), builder of Ashton Villa, erected this home in 1885 as a wedding gift for his daughter Matilda (1865-1926) and her husband Thomas Sweeney (d. 1905).
• Attributed to architect Nicholas J. Clayton, the Victorian cottage features angular dormer windows, and a mariner's wheel motif in the front porch balustrade.

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Photo of 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston, Texas

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Galveston Children's Home. Founded in 1878 by George Dealey (1829-1891), the Galveston Children's Home moved to this location in 1880. Henry Rosenberg gave money to construct a massive Gothic revival building here in 1894-95. It was destroyed by the storm of 1900. Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst hosted a charity bazaar at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City to raise funds for rebuilding. This brick structure was completed in 1902. The building is now (2019) The Bryan Museum

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Originally the Tremont Opera house, some of the walls were retained when it was re-designed as the E.S. Levy department store in 1896. It was built for E.S. Levy & Co. and Ed S. Levy. It's a five-story commercial building. It was originally built to have retail space on the first floor and offices above. The original retail located in the building E. S. Levy Company, a men and boys clothing store. E.S. Levy remained in the building until 1917. The ground floor was then occupied by Woolworth's became the ground floor tenant until 1923. A local clothing store, Ben Doherty and Co., leased the ground floor from 1921-1933. George W. Robertston's furniture company and its succession businesses and proprietors, Robertson-Shaw and Silkensen-Shaw, were the ground floor tenants from 1934 until the early 1950s.

The upper floors have been occupied by various tenants including the National Weather Bureau. After 1908, the Levy building was owned and occupied by various interests of W. L. Moody, Jr. (1865-1954), a prominent and extremely successful Galveston financial magnate and entrepreneur. One of the major tenants was the National Hotel Corporation, formed by Moody in 1927 and its headquarters and offices were located on the third floor of the Levy building until the 1980s.

The building was renovated in 2001 and now has retail space on the first floor and residential apartments above. was built in 1896. The building is a five-story commercial building. It was originally built to have retail space on the first floor and offices above. The original retail located in the building E. S. Levy Company, a men and boys clothing store. E.S. Levy remained in the building until 1917. The ground floor was then occupied by Woolworth's became the ground floor tenant until 1923. A local clothing store, Ben Doherty and Co., leased the ground floor from 1921-1933. George W. Robertston's furniture company and its succession businesses and proprietors, Robertson-Shaw and Silkensen-Shaw, were the ground floor tenants from 1934 until the early 1950s.

Currently the levy building is used as a coffee shop where you can bring your pet in.

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Charles Hodgeson Pix was a member of a Texas pioneer family that came to Galveston from England in 1838. He was one of the early English merchants in Galveston who were importers of English goods direct from London. He began business at #6 Strand in 1839 as Pix and Burney, ship brokers. At one time C.H. Pix owned the entire half block on the north side of Postoffice Street between 21st and 22nd Streets. He was listed in the 1850 census as a retired businessman, capitalist, and property owner. He was also one of the original congregation and a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church,

The three story brick Greek Revival structure is one of the oldest buildings in downtown.. It is rectangular in shape with a flat roof of composition iron and has corbeled brick trim. The building has six 6/6 windows on the Postoffice side and 4 6/6 windows on the 22nd Street side with flat hood moulds. An example of architectural simplicity, it was built in 1858-1859 and partly rebuilt in 1875. The first floor was remodeled in 1909 and in 1954, and the front wall rebuilt with new brick in 1948.

During the Civil War the Signal Corp of the Confederate Army occupied the building in 1864 after the Battle of Galveston.

In 1866 the Merchants Club meetings were held on the third floor. The Galveston Tribune was printed here when the newspaper occupied the building from 1906 to 1924 before moving to the Leon and H. Blum building on Mechanic Street.

From 1938 to 1987 the first floor was occupied by Michael Jewelry Co. The second floor was an apartment for the owners.

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Born in 1867 in Galveston. One of major systems of the celebrated Masonic fraternal organization.

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Fort Travis on Bolivar Peninsula

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Improving the perspective of this building created artifacts. If you intend to use this image contact me and I will provide an alternative.

Built in 1929, the lilies Building/Justine Apartments (1929) is one of few surviving pre-Depression Era multi-story residential buildings in Galveston. Housing of this type became popular in the central business district to meet the demands of a rapidly expanding work force, which could not afford the more luxurious houses in the adjacent East End (see East End Historical District) and Silk Stocking neighborhoods. The lilies Building/Justine Apartments is in the National Register of Historic Places in the area of Architecture. Coordinates N29° 18.284 W94° 47.471

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First Evangelical Lutheran Church.

This church is in the National Register of Historic Places.

It was founded in 1850 in Galveston by German immigrants as First German Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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EIBAND'S -- Galveston