Galveston in Galveston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Hawes Summer Home

Photographed by Jim Evans, December 14, 2019

1. Hawes Summer Home Marker

Inscription.

Kentucky native Edwin Hawes (1852-1932) was a prominent attorney, land owner and politician, serving as Wharton County judge and mayor of Kerrville. He and his wife, Lizzie Milburn (Rust) Hawes (1859-1927), married in 1881 and had seven children. The Hawes family lived in Wharton and Kerrville and became summer residents of Galveston. In 1907, Judge Hawes bought this lot from Albert and Etta Hall and soon after had a summer home built. The two-story front-gabled Colonial Revival-style house features shingled gables and a full-width porch with turned columns. The home stayed in the Hawes Family until 1991.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2007
Marker is property of the State of Texas

Erected 2011 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16835.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Man-Made Features.

Location. 29° 17.436′ N, 94° 47.513′ W. Marker is in Galveston, Texas, in Galveston County. It is on Avenue P 1/2 0 miles 25th Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the wall to the right of the front door. It can be seen but cannot be read from the street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2512 Avenue P 1/2, Houston TX 77058, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Silk Stocking Historic District

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(about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Steffens-Drewa House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jessie May McGuire Dent (approx. ¼ mile away); Galveston Garten Verein (approx. ¼ mile away); The Texas Navy (approx. ¼ mile away); Sealy and Mary Hutchings House (approx. ¼ mile away); Galveston World War I Honor Roll (approx. ¼ mile away); Hutchings House (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Galveston.

Photographed by Jim Evans, December 14, 2019

2. Hawes Summer Home Marker

Galveston Landmark
City of Galveston
1839

Hawes Summer Home and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Evans, December 14, 2019

3. Hawes Summer Home and Marker

The marker is hard to see on the home's front porch.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2019, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 17, 2019, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.