Silk Stocking Historic District

From the National Register nomination:

Merchant/banker James M. Brown commissioned this house as a present for his daughter Matilda and her husband Thomas Sweeney. Brown's commercial ventures also financed his family residence, Ashton Villa (1859/1895; NR 1969), just outside the district at 2328 Broadway. Reputedly designed by Nicholas Clayton, the Sweeney's center passage plan dwelling rises 1-1/2 stories to a complex roofscape graced by dormers. The raised cottage displays eclectic Eastlake detailing executed in turned and jigsawn wood, including a balustrade comprised of ship's wheel motifs. The frame building proved a stylistic trendsetter in the neighborhood, signaling the eclectic and polychromatic influences of the Queen Anne style that prevailed during the late Victorian period.

From the National Register nomination:

To honor the memory of his wife Henry Rosenberg commissioned this eleemosynary facility as shelter for 20 aged ladies from Galveston's prominent families. Designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect Alfred Muller, the brick building was elevated approximately six feet during grade raising efforts following the Great Storm. As a result, its ornate front parapets were transformed into gables, the front split stair unified into a broad single flight and the bricks covered by scored plaster. A Swiss immigrant who made a fortune in dry goods and banking, Rosenberg served directorships on the Galveston Wharf Company and the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, undertook numerous philanthropic activities and functioned as the local Swiss consul. His contributions to the community including endowment of the public library, funding for the public school system and underwriting for public sculpture such as the Texas Heroes Monument led to the renaming of 25th Street as Rosenberg Avenue in 1900.

From the National Register nomination:

A bookkeeper and cashier for the Galveston Shoe and Hat Company, Isidore Predecki commissioned this house in 1903 to use as his residence. The 2-story Queen Anne style dwelling typifies the generous tum-of-the-century residences built in the district following the Great Storm. Its modified L-plan form features a wraparound porch with turned wood components. Predecki built three rental bungalows down the street at 1702-10 25th Street a decade after moving into this house.

From the National Register nomination"

Waters and Sarah Davis commissioned this unusual composite of Italianate and Queen Anne styles as their residence in 1868. The frame building features a 1-story porch that wraps around both street facades. Waters Davis served as president of the Galveston Wharf Company, founded the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, and organized the local chapter of the American Red Cross. Sarah Huckins Davis was the daughter of the initial pastor of the First Baptist Church of Galveston, the first such congregation organized in the state of Texas. In 1957 the family sold the house to the American Red Cross, which operated out of the facility for the next three decades. The building currently serves as a private residence.

These two-story houses, built c. 1908, are representative of the popular Queen Anne style in the neighborhood. The one of the left is known at the James Stanton House.