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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Galveston
Galveston, Texas and Vicinity
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Seawall Boulevard east of 59th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Dedicated in memory of
F.M. “Ducky” Prendergast
July 31, 1908 - October 29, 2002
Native Galvestonian
Beach Entrepreneur
Lifeguard for Life
Ducky Prendergast was one of Galveston’s original professional . . . — — Map (db m90257) HM |
| Near The Strand Street east of 11th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | First, and originally the only, building of University of Texas Medical Branch. Master architect Nicholas J. Clayton designed the massive Romanesque structure. It was dedicated October 5, 1891.
Although rooms were almost devoid of equipment, . . . — — Map (db m90111) HM |
| On Avenue O 1/2 at 29th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue O 1/2. |
| | Building in which in 1891 Misses Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan founded the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a society for historical preservation.
This Victorian structure was then library of "The Oaks," family home of the founders, who . . . — — Map (db m59424) HM |
| Near 722 Moody Avenue at Winnie Street. |
| | After 1900 the Port of Galveston emerged as the second largest in the United States. Following completion of a deep water channel to Texas City in 1904, the mainland’s major petroleum petro-chemical plants, tin smelter and allied industries, had . . . — — Map (db m50098) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue at Winnie Street. |
| | General Xavier Mina, hoping to establish a settlement at what is now the Galveston County mainland, arrived and set up breastworks at Virginia Point in 1816.
Between 1815 and 1817, three leaders of expeditions against Spanish Mexico, Mina, . . . — — Map (db m143811) HM |
| | Steel shortages during World War I led the U.S. to build experimental concrete ships, the largest of which was the SS Selma, today partially submerged in Galveston Bay and visible from this site. It was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to . . . — — Map (db m127633) HM |
| Near Strand Street at 23rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Strand, known as "Wall Street of the Southwest," served as the central business district of early Galveston. A fire, set in 1869 to cover a robbery at Cohn Brothers, a clothing emporium, burned a mile wide area. It began at this site, once . . . — — Map (db m65061) HM |
| On Post Office Street just from 21st Street. |
| | Designed by Frank Cox of New Orleans, this Romanesque revival structure served as an opera house, hotel, and restaurant when it opened for its first season in 1895. Converted to a movie theater in the 1920s, it was restored in the 1970s and 1980s . . . — — Map (db m26968) HM |
| On Winnie Street west of 17th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A. Wilkins Miller had this residence built by Galveston contractor R.B. Garnett in 1895. As president of Miller & Vidor Lumber Co., one of the largest in the state, Miller was responsible for the growth of the timber industry in much of southeast . . . — — Map (db m51226) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue J (State Highway 87) at 17th Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway Avenue J. |
| | This house was built in 1914 for the family of businessman John Adriance, who was instrumental in Galveston's early development. It was sold in 1929 to business and civic leader Oscar Springer, whose family continued to live here until 1960. . . . — — Map (db m137983) HM |
| On Avenue N 1/2 0 miles east of Moody Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This historic house was built in 1870 by Charles Albertson in the Lost Bayou section of the current San Jacinto historical district. Albertson was a cotton buyer active in Galveston until 1900. The great storm of 1900 left the house seriously . . . — — Map (db m143621) HM |
| On 20th Street at Mechanic Street, in the median on 20th Street. |
| | Founded in 1905 by Galveston business pioneer W. L. Moody, Jr. (1865-1954), American National opened for business on third floor of the Moody Building at 22nd and Strand streets in Galveston. At that time the home office staff numbered ten. By . . . — — Map (db m55628) HM |
| On Seawall Boulivard 0.2 miles east of Fort Crockeett Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Within days of the devastating storm of 1900 Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, arrived in Galveston with personnel, supplies, and relief funds. Assisting the relief effort, which included Galveston Island and several mainland . . . — — Map (db m153172) HM |
| On 23rd Street south of Harborside Drive (State Highway 275), on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Galveston was founded in 1836, this entire city block was set aside for use by the Republic of Texas as the site of a customs house. Gail Borden, the inventor of condensed milk, was the first Collector of Customs for the Republic in Galveston. . . . — — Map (db m130423) HM |
| On Broadway (Avenue J) at 24th Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway (Avenue J). |
| | Mediterranean style architecture. European materials. Confederate and Federal headquarters in Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 — — Map (db m56219) HM |
| On 37th Street at Avenue P 1/2, on the right when traveling south on 37th Street. |
| | Designed by noted Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton, this house was built in 1899 by Ida B. Baden on land once known as Thomas Borden's farm. West Island landowner John D. Settle sold Miss Baden the land and assisted her in the architectural . . . — — Map (db m59425) HM |
| Near Wharf Road 0.1 miles west of 21st Street. |
| | As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander W. B. Renshaw led his small fleet into Galveston harbor to demand the surrender of this most important Texas port on October 4, 1862. Largely unguarded, as it was considered indefensible, . . . — — Map (db m36154) HM |
| Near Seawall Boulevard 0.2 miles east of 53rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. Standing on the beach, wading in the surf, or swimming in the waters, you can encounter many varieties of Gulf invertebrates such as sand dollars, jellyfish, snails, crabs, and shrimp.
Sand . . . — — Map (db m90648) |
| On Mechanic Street west of 23rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | One of the earliest commercial blocks in Galveston, this row of three three-story brick buildings was constructed for John Berlocher by builder John Brown. The easternmost building, 2309 Mechanic, was erected in 1858. The westernmost, 2315 Mechanic, . . . — — Map (db m127493) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | Virginia-born B. M. Temple served in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861-1865), then moved west to begin a noted career in civil engineering. As Chief Engineer for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, 1879-1884, he . . . — — Map (db m127583) HM |
| Near Seawall Boulevard at 21st Street Rear, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Supported the American Revolution by defeating the British along the Gulf Coast. He had Texas Longhorn cattle driven to Louisiana to aid his campaign - thus giving Texas a connection with the American Revolution. — — Map (db m71154) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue east of 12th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Catherine Best purchased this site in February 1866. In July of that year, sister-in-law Anne Best, wife of Louis Best, bought the improved lot from Catherine and her husband, William, a carpenter by trade. More improvements had been made by 1871, . . . — — Map (db m140049) HM |
| On Broadway (State Highway 87) west of 11th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The son of German immigrants, Joseph Boddeker came to Galveston with his parents about 1850. After service in the Civil War, he worked as a riverboat pilot and purchased this lot for his family home in the 1870s. When the original Boddeker House was . . . — — Map (db m140061) HM |
| On 57th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A man of strong principle who carried a gun in one pocket and a Bible in the other, Burnet acted as a cohesive force in the chaotic days of early Texas independence, though his dour, quick-tempered disposition kept him from ever winning wide . . . — — Map (db m127628) HM |
| On Mechanic Street east of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m55632) HM |
| Near Seawall Boulevard 0.3 miles east of 53rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Discover Nature at the Beach ... the Shoreline
You stand at the shoreline of a sandy 30-mile long barrier island, one of several that edge the Texas Coast and help protect the mainland from the sea. Straight ahead of you, across . . . — — Map (db m90650) |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Virginia. Captain of a
company at San Jacinto, 1836 and
in command of the Mier Expedition,
1842. Died in Galveston in 1845. — — Map (db m127598) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue J east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1902, Galveston was still recovering from the most devastating hurricane in recorded history. Many buildings were badly damaged, including the house at 1416 Broadway. In the early 1900s, Carl Christian Biehl immigrated to Galveston from Germany. . . . — — Map (db m138002) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east on Seawall Boulevard. |
| | Born in Galveston in 1887, Carmelo Bertolino was the son of Salvatore Bertolino (d.1891) and Rosalia Trapani Bertolino (d.1942), who immigrated to Texas from Palermo, Italy in the early 1880s. Salvatore Bertolino drowned in Galveston Bay when . . . — — Map (db m51271) HM |
| On Avenue K east of 43rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Wife of
General Sidney Sherman
Born April 27, 1815
Died January 20, 1865 — — Map (db m127533) HM |
| On Kempner Street at Harborside Drive (State Highway 275), on the right when traveling north on Kempner Street. |
| | In early Galveston much of the waterfront activity centered around these wharves. In 1854, the Galveston wharves were consolidated under the present Wharf Company, but the first wharves were built by private citizens. Menard's Wharf at the foot of . . . — — Map (db m130425) HM |
| On Mechanic Street west of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Clarke and Courts Building 2400 Mechanic
Built in 1890 Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m130426) HM |
| Near Sealy Avenue near 18th Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
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This large Victorian home was built in 1895 by Captain Charles Clarke, a prominent figure in the Galveston shipping industry.
In 1928 the house was purchased by grain exporter Julius W. Jockusch, who served as consul in Belgium and later . . . — — Map (db m57411) HM |
| On Moody Avenue (21st Street) at Avenue H, on the right when traveling north on Moody Avenue (21st Street). |
| | "Lion" of Texas coastal defense during the Civil War. Commanded marine department of military district. Born in New England, went to sea at 13. By age 20 was a captain. In 1850's commanded on the Galveston to New Orleans run of Southern Mail . . . — — Map (db m36129) HM |
| On 22nd Street at Sealy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 22nd Street. |
| | Erected in 1870. Cultural and religious center for 85 years. Second oldest temple in Texas. Converted to Masonic Temple in 1953.
Henry Cohen, rabbi from 1888-1950, was noted advisor and beloved humanitarian to the entire city.
. . . — — Map (db m150151) HM |
| On Postoffice Street (Avenue E) east of 20th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Authorized by
The Congress of the United States
* March 4, 1854 *
Construction completed
* March 31, 1864 *
This was the first building erected
by the United States of America
for civil uses in the State of Texas
. . . — — Map (db m118965) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | A veteran of the War of 1812, David Ayers brought his family to Texas in 1833. On behalf of the American Bible Society, they distributed bibles to new settlers. Settling first in San Patricio, Ayers moved to Washington County, where he became a . . . — — Map (db m127585) HM |
| On Ship Mechanic Row Street west of 23rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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During the last quarter of the 19th century Galveston Island was a major center of commerce for the Southwestern United States. Finished goods arrived at Galveston's natural deep water port from across the world, while cotton and other raw . . . — — Map (db m118997) HM |
| On Postoffice Street west of 12th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Constructed between 1866 and 1868, this house belonged to a number of significant Galveston residents. Captain John Davidson, an immigrant from Norway and early Galveston settler, built it. In 1870, two years after Davidson died in an attempt to . . . — — Map (db m140036) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue south of Winnie Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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Erected to the Soldiers and Sailors of
the
Confederate States of America
by
The Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter No. 17,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1911
Galveston Texas
”There has never been an armed force
which in . . . — — Map (db m118299) WM |
| On Bernardo de Galvez Avenue at 35th Street, on the right when traveling east on Bernardo de Galvez Avenue. |
| | Dr. Frederick K. Fisher (1852-1920) and his wife Lucy Adelaide (Selkirk) (1856-1939) purchased this property in February 1888 and had this house built that same year. Both members of pioneer Texas families, the Fishers were active in local civic . . . — — Map (db m142759) HM |
| On 22nd Street at Ball Street, on the left when traveling north on 22nd Street. |
| | Designed by noted architect Nicholas Clayton. Gothic revival style. Dedicated as memorial in 1882 to the Rev. Benjamin Eaton, founding rector, 1841-71.
Half of funds provided by the Ladies' Parochial Society; half by financier Henry Rosenberg. . . . — — Map (db m58134) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue near Winnie Street. |
| | The first recorded history of Galveston Island occurred in 1528 with the shipwreck of Cabeza de Vaca and his crewmen. They were survivors of Alvarez de Pineda’s ill-fated expedition to Florida and were held captive here by the Karankawa Indians. De . . . — — Map (db m143812) HM |
| On 20th Street south of Postoffice Street (Avenue E), on the right when traveling north. |
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In 1854, a congressional appropriation was secured for the erection of a government building in Galveston for the customs, post office departments, the United States Court, and the United States Marshal.
Three lots on the southeast corner . . . — — Map (db m118960) HM |
| Near 20th Street 0.1 miles north of Wharf Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated to the
First Navy of the Republic of Texas
Established by Governor Henry Smith
November 25th, 1835
The Fleet
Brutus • Independence
Liberty • Invincible
Commemorating the heroism of its
personnel . . . — — Map (db m65031) HM WM |
| On 19th Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on 19th Street. |
| | Organized New Year's Day, 1840, in the "Academy," an old building on the northwest corner of this intersection. Rev. John McCullough, church organizer, became pastor.
Original building was finished 1843; present structure started 1872; . . . — — Map (db m51228) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue at 16th Street, on the right when traveling west on Sealy Avenue. |
| | In 1857 John S. Sydnor (1812-1869), former Galveston mayor, built the original two-story, eight-room structure at this site. Samson Heidenheimer (1834-1891) bought it in 1884. The German-born Heidenheimer began with a $100 loan and built a fortune . . . — — Map (db m128845) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard at Boddecker Drive, on the left when traveling east on Seawall Boulevard. |
| | The northeastern tip of Galveston Island has seen defense fortifications since the early 1800's. Crude Spanish and French forts (1816-1818) gave way to small sand forts and batteries constructed by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1844. In 1863 . . . — — Map (db m78508) HM |
| On Avenue M at 20th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue M. |
| | Built in 1886 to replace a house destroyed in the great Strand fire, this was the home of Robert Morris and Sarah Franklin. Robert Franklin (1839-1923) was the son of Benjamin C. Franklin, the Battle of San Jacinto veteran for whom Franklin County . . . — — Map (db m59423) HM |
| On Ball Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling west on Ball Street. |
| | Galveston native and banker William John Frederich, Sr. (1852-1898), had this house built for his family in 1894. After his death, his widow Jeanne sold the home to his nephew, Frederich William Erhard, in 1909. The home remained in the Erhard . . . — — Map (db m59378) HM |
| On 17th Street at Ball Street, on the right when traveling south on 17th Street. |
| | Designed by Galveston architect William H. Roystone for local real estate agent Frederick William Beissner (1854-1905) and his wife Mary, this Victorian-era home was built in 1888. Its elaborate Eastlake details include turned posts, jigsawn porch . . . — — Map (db m60498) HM |
| On Teichman Road just west of Commodore Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded 1842 by Samuel Bangs, Texas' first printer. Published after 1843 by Willard Richardson, who put up the first 4-story building in Galveston to house the offices and printing plant.
Soon after the Civil War began in 1861, cut back from . . . — — Map (db m49843) HM |
| Near 31st Street at Avenue N 1/2, on the left when traveling north. |
| | By 1840, a year after its incorporation, the city of Galveston was home to approximately 1,200 residents, the entry point for scores of immigrants and a major coastal shipping port. Ongoing tensions between the young Republic of Texas and Mexico had . . . — — Map (db m59444) HM |
| On 21st Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m51269) HM |
| Near Avenue H east of Moody Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
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Communities of Galveston County were established as follows:
Algoa was named following the 1900 storm for a British Tanker which ran aground there.
Alta Loma was given the Spanish Name, “High Ground,” by a development . . . — — Map (db m118298) HM |
| On Avenue O at 27th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue O. |
| | In design of a Teutonic Club; all stockholders were of German descent. Center for city's social life, 1876-1923, complex had an octagonal dance pavilion, tennis courts, bowling and tenpin alleys, bandstand, fountains. The complex was site of . . . — — Map (db m56238) HM |
| On Post Office Street at 20th Street, on the right when traveling east on Post Office Street. |
| | In 1871, twelve men formed the Galveston Historical Society to preserve the history of Texas by collecting important documents. The group and its archive grew, but in 1880, the secretary died, telling no one where to find the collection. In 1885, . . . — — Map (db m118966) HM |
| On Strand St., on the right when traveling west. |
| | Galveston was the port of entry for thousands of immigrants who settled in Texas and the southwest. Federal laws enacted in 1875 ended the unrestricted entry of immigrants into the country and led to the establishment of the area's first U.S. . . . — — Map (db m30449) HM |
| On Moody Avenue (21st Street) at Avenue G, on the right when traveling north on Moody Avenue (21st Street). |
| | Galveston Island, for centuries a crossroads for Indians, privateers, Spanish and French explorers, for a time was capital of the Republic of Texas. This was during the Texas War for Independence, when Santa Anna was making his 1836 invasion. On . . . — — Map (db m36130) HM |
| Near Ferry Road (State Highway 87) 0.2 miles north of Avalon Way. |
| | Few spots have played a more exciting role in the life of Texas than Galveston Island.
Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish explorer, wrote of the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians when he was shipwrecked here in 1528. The island became headquarters for . . . — — Map (db m70785) HM |
| Near The Strand Street east of 11th Street. |
| | First medical college in Texas and predecessor of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the school opened in 1865 as a branch of Soule University at Chappell Hill. Although equipment during the first session consisted of one skeleton, one . . . — — Map (db m87301) HM |
| On 25th Street at Avenue F, on the right when traveling south on 25th Street. |
| | First weather service office in Texas, and one of first in the United States; established April 19, 1871, slightly over a year after Congress passed an act in Feb. 1870 creating the Public Weather Service of the United States under the Army Signal . . . — — Map (db m56267) HM |
| On Moody Avenue south of Avenue M Rear, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Island City Orphans Home of the 1870s and 1880s was created to provide refuge for Protestant and Jewish children in Galveston. The orphanage operated out of its original wooden structure for the next twelve years, narrowly escaping destruction . . . — — Map (db m103074) HM |
| | Unregulated entry of immigrants through the Port of Galveston in the late 1830s greatly contributed to local outbreaks of yellow fever and other communicable diseases. The young city instituted quarantine measures in 1839 and in 1853 built Texas' . . . — — Map (db m127634) HM |
| Near Seawall Boulevard 0.3 miles east of 53rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Following the hurricane of 1900, the greatest natural disaster of U.S. history, with the loss of 6,000 lives, civil engineers designed and built a concrete seawall and raised the elevation of Galveston Island, using pioneering materials and methods, . . . — — Map (db m90439) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard east of 28th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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1917 Honor Roll 1918
We with uncovered head
salute the sacred dead
who went and who return not.
McDonald, Margaret • Astal, Douglas N. • Berg, George • Bone, Albert R. • Brown, William H. • Burke, C.T. • Carrague, Michael T. • . . . — — Map (db m90705) WM |
| Near North Holiday Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Most important Texas seaport during the Civil War. Had consulates of England, France and Spain and worldwide recognition as a cotton exporter. Set up defenses including 10 mud forts and gun batteries on beaches, at railroad depot and on Pelican . . . — — Map (db m59397) HM |
| | From the time of the earliest documented history, the Gulf of Mexico has been the main point of entry into Texas. Some settlers of the 1820s even came by keelboat, going ashore along the way to kill game, in the same way an overland party would live . . . — — Map (db m127635) HM |
| On Broadway at 7th Street, in the median on Broadway. |
| | Born in Massachusetts July 26. 1805. Came to Texas February 1836 as captain of a company of volunteers he had recruited in Kentucky and Ohio. Commanded the second regiment of volunteers at San Jacinto. First to sound the immortal war cry opening the . . . — — Map (db m49823) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue at Winnie Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born into a prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family, George Campbell Childress attended Davidson Academy (later the University of Nashville). He was admitted to the bar in 1828, the same year he married Margaret Vance. She died in 1835, soon after . . . — — Map (db m50006) HM |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m127601) HM |
| On 21st Street near Avenue M, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Liverpool, England, George Dealey moved to Galveston in 1870 with his wife, Mary Ann (Nellins) Dealey (1829-1913), and their nine children. Dealey was a deeply religious man, who engaged in many charitable activities. In 1878 he persuaded . . . — — Map (db m87269) HM |
| On Ball Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling west on Ball Street. |
| | Shortly after the Civil War George Fox (d. 1906) joined his father's Galveston bakery, established in 1837. A successful merchant by the turn of the century, Fox built this home for his wife Elizabeth (Benison) and family about 1903. It probably . . . — — Map (db m138003) HM |
| On Avenue H west of 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Galveston-born George Seeligson (1841-1912) was a prominent local merchant. In 1872 he married Maria Davenport (1847-1928). He built this 1875 house on another lot in this block. Like many fine Galveston homes, it combines Greek Revival and . . . — — Map (db m143569) HM |
| On 36th Street at Avenue L, on the right when traveling south on 36th Street. |
| | Founded 1874 as a mission of Trinity Church. In 1876 became an independent parish under the Rev. Jeremiah Ward, Rector.
Dedicated in 1895 by Bishop G. H. Kinsolving, the building was made possible by a bequest from civic leader Henry Rosenberg. . . . — — Map (db m56226) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This building, designed by Nicholas J. Clayton, was erected in 1882 for the wholesale drygoods firm of Greenleve, Block & Co. at a cost of $65,000. It was built of Philadelphia pressed brick and cut stone, with supportive and decorative iron columns . . . — — Map (db m130413) HM |
| Near Avenue K east of 43rd Street. |
| | Virginia native Dr. Greensville S. Dowell moved to Texas in 1853. During the Civil War he served as a surgeon in the Confederate army in Galveston. He was instrumental in the founding of the Galveston Medical Society, Texas Medical College and . . . — — Map (db m127582) HM |
| On Santa Fe Place at 26th Street, on the right when traveling west on Santa Fe Place. |
| | In 1874 Galveston County voters narrowly approved $500,000 in bonds to finance construction of a railroad line from the city of Galveston that would bypass Houston, its business rival, and reach across Texas and beyond to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Henry . . . — — Map (db m59386) HM |
| On Avenue L at 33rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Avenue L. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m56209) HM |
| On Avenue P 1/2 0 miles from 25th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m143625) HM |
| Near Kempner Street. Reported missing. |
| | Built in 1878 as a commercial venture by Samson Heidenheimer (d. 1891), this building was first occupied by the George Seeligson Wholesale Grocery business. It was leased to H. Marwitz & Co. in 1880. Owned by Hermann Marwitz, the company did . . . — — Map (db m153330) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The Firm of William Hendley & Co. was founded in 1845. The partnership consisted of William Hendley, Capt. Joseph J. Hendley, John L. Sleight, and Phillip Gildersleeve.
This firm, with Brower and Neilson of New York, started the "Texas and New . . . — — Map (db m119195) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The commercial house of William Hendley & Co. was established in 1845 by William Hendley (1798-1873), his brother Joseph J. Hendley (d. 1887), John L. Sleight (1810-73), and Phillip Gildersleeve (1819-53). At the same time, they started the Texas . . . — — Map (db m65072) HM |
| On Avenue N-1/2 west of 20th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Built in 1893 as rental property, this house was an early investment of brothers August J. and Henry C. Henck, Jr., who began a real estate business in Galveston in 1901. H. C. Henck, Jr. chose it as his own residence in 1898, and it remained in the . . . — — Map (db m139975) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | Who served in the
Army of Texas, 1836
and was a member
of the Mier Expedition, 1842
Born in New York
June 23, 1815
Died July 2, 1870 — — Map (db m127602) HM |
| Near 13th Street. Reported missing. |
| | Built 1859. Architectural and historical interest: formerly widely known for its art treasures and paintings. Much of the materials were imported from Switzerland. Elegant in design. Handcarved-plaster ceilings. Has 8 marble fireplaces. Outside . . . — — Map (db m153284) HM |
| | Built at a cost of $1,000,000, this hotel was financed by local businessmen and public subscribers to help the economy of Galveston following the 1900 hurricane. Completed in 1911, it was designed by the St. Louis firm of Mauran and Russell. The . . . — — Map (db m35925) HM |
| On Avenue O at 29th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue O. |
| | John Henry Hutchings was born in North Carolina in 1822. After living in New Orleans for several years, he moved to Galveston in 1845. Two years later he entered into a partnership with John Sealy to sell dry goods in Sabine Pass. They returned to . . . — — Map (db m56275) HM |
| Near Avenue O at 29th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Erected in 1856 for businessman John Henry Hutchings and his new wife Minnie (Knox), this structure was designed to resemble an Italian villa. It was damaged in an 1885 storm, and noted architect Nicholas Clayton did the extensive repair and . . . — — Map (db m56276) HM |
| On Strand Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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This impressive building contains grey and pink granite, red Texas sandstone, and buff colored terra cotta. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style by Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was built in 1895 for the banking firm of Ball, . . . — — Map (db m119197) HM |
| On Strand Street at 24th Street, on the right when traveling west on Strand Street. |
| | Four decades after joining in partnership, George Ball, John Henry Hutchings, and John Sealy employed prominent Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton to design office buildings for their Ball, Hutchings & Co. commission and banking operations. . . . — — Map (db m70556) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue J (State Highway 87) at 15th Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway Avenue J. |
| | At the time of his death in 1894 Polish immigrant Harris Kempner, age 57, was a leading Galveston businessman with interests in banking, insurance, railroads, and cotton. Isaac Herbert Kempner, age 21 and the eldest of Harris Kempner's eight . . . — — Map (db m137967) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue at 18th Street, on the right when traveling east on Sealy Avenue. |
| | Built in 1886, this residence was shared by Isabella O. Maas and her daughter and son-in-law, Rosana and Nathan Redlich. Active in civic and charitable organizations, Mrs. Maas lived here until her death in 1891. Dr. W.C. Fisher, city health . . . — — Map (db m138041) HM |
| On Broadway at Kempner Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | Joseph Levy (1844-1922) with his brother Bernard "Ben" Levy (1849-1908) established the J. Levy & Bro. livery business in Galveston in 1868. Raised in the family livestock business in the French region of Alsace, the Levy brothers came to America . . . — — Map (db m157711) HM |
| On Broadway 0.1 miles east of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Nathaniel Tobey, Jr., and built in 1884 for the family of John Francis Smith, this house is an excellent example of Italianate architecture. Prominent features of the house include paired brackets, a bay window, balcony, and hood . . . — — Map (db m142589) HM |
| On Avenue M at 26th Street, on the right when traveling east on Avenue M. |
| | Galveston native Arthur John "Jack" Johnson (1878-1946) was the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He grew up in Galveston's East End and honed his fighting skills working on the wharves. During the 1900 storm, Johnson . . . — — Map (db m154257) HM |
| Near Church Street west of 18th Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 — — Map (db m142556) HM |
| On Church Street east of Christopher Columbus Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1884, Mrs. Barbara Lenz (Lentz) Jacobs (1831-1908), the widow of Christopher Jacobs, purchased a small cottage on this lot from Ferdinand and Caroline Möller (Miller). In 1885, Mrs. Jacobs, a prominent midwife, built a new, two-story house . . . — — Map (db m140395) HM |
| On 40th Street at Avenue K, on the right when traveling south on 40th Street. |
| | A veteran of the War of 1812, James Love, a lawyer, came to Texas in 1837 with his wife Lucy (Ballinger). He helped found Galveston, and was a political ally of Mirabeau B. Lamar. Love served as a delegate to the 1845 Annexation Convention, judge of . . . — — Map (db m50031) HM |
| On 24th Street south of Avenue M, on the right when traveling south. |
| | James Nathaniel "Nat" Davis (d. 1902) built this two-story galleried residence in 1899. The designer was Charles W. Bulger, a Galveston architect. As a reporter for the Galveston Daily News, Davis wrote some of the earliest accounts of the . . . — — Map (db m140046) HM |
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