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By Bill Kirchner, October 21, 2012
El Paso Laundry and Cleaners Company Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On South Sante Fe Street (State Highway 375) at Montestruc Court, on the right when traveling south on South Sante Fe Street. |
| | El Paso Laundry and Cleaners CompanyThe El Paso Laundry and Cleaners Company was established in 1891 and moved to this site in 1897. Strategically located alongside the Rio Grande just a few hundred yards from the streets of Ciudad Juarez, the . . . — — Map (db m60743) HM |
| On West Old Paisano Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Old Fort Bliss, on site formerly in Mexico. Owned after 1849 by Simeon Hart, founder of Hart's Mill and early village of El Paso.
Officers quarters, built about 1879 on 3' foundations of hewn stone. 24" walls are double-laid adobe brick. — — Map (db m38052) HM |
| On North Mesa Street south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Alzina DeGroff bought the Vendome Hotel at this site in 1899, renaming it Hotel Orndorff after her first husband. Noted architect Henry C. Trost designed a new building for her, which opened in 1926. Renamed Hotel Cortez in 1935, this brick . . . — — Map (db m37803) HM |
| On South El Paso Street at East San Antonio Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South El Paso Street. |
| | This brick and terra cotta structure was the "dream hotel" of early El Paso businessman and promoter Zach White. White came to the town in 1881 and recognized El Paso's great potential as a gateway to Mexico. He worked hard to help the city realize . . . — — Map (db m37850) HM |
| On Magoffin Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Joseph Magoffin (1837-1923), son of James Wiley Magoffin, one of the founders of the city, settled in El Paso in 1856. He held many offices: Collector of Customs, County Judge, and Mayor for four terms. In 1875, six years before railroads reached El . . . — — Map (db m38087) HM |
| On South El Paso Street at East Overland Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South El Paso Street. |
| | The Montgomery building is the last surviving false-front wood structure in the city of El Paso. It was built in 1881-1882 as El Paso underwent a great transformation from an adobe village to a thriving city following the arrival of the railroads. . . . — — Map (db m60745) HM |
| On Texas Avenue (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Completed in 1928 for the Singer Company, this Spanish colonial revival style structure was designed by noted El Paso architect Henry Trost. For more than 50 years the ground floor served as Singer's Retail Store, while the second story was occupied . . . — — Map (db m37797) HM |
| On North Cotton Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the late 1800s medical treatment of Tuberculosis called for isolation of the patient and complete rest. After the turn of the century research showed that bacteria responsible for the transmission of the communicable disease could be destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m37935) HM |
| On North Stanton Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This seven-story commercial building was constructed in 1917 by businessmen M. D. Roberts and William Martin Banner, for whom it was named. Designed by the architectural firm of Brauhton and Leibert, it features Chicago style detailing in the use of . . . — — Map (db m37954) HM |
| On San Elizario Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Local farmer, rancher, and landowner Gregorio Nacenseno Garcia constructed this building as his family residence about 1855. Built in the territorial style, it features milled wood detailing. Because of its distinctive inset gallery (portals), it . . . — — Map (db m118271) HM |
| | Legend says this house was built before 1800. In 1840s, its owner was Jose Ortiz, whose cart train freighted salt from foot of Guadalupe Mountains to Durango; knives, sarapes, clothing to Santa Fe and Llano Estancado. There he traded with Comanches . . . — — Map (db m61603) HM |
| On South College Street at East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on South College Street. |
| | A tin cornice decorated with Masonic emblems tops this three-story brick building constructed in 1889 for Waxahachie Lodge No. 90, A.F.& A.M. The first floor was rented to retail stores, the second occupied by professional offices, and the third . . . — — Map (db m152271) HM |
| On South College Street north of East Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Businessman William F. Lewis and Ellis County Judge M.B. Templeton built this Victorian commercial structure in 1890. Decorative brickwork and cast iron columns highlight the facade. William Pitt Hancock (1872-1955), a well-known defense attorney, . . . — — Map (db m152275) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 287) east of North Hawkins Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A pioneer among privately-endowed Texas libraries. Situated in Getzendaner Park, which had been donated to the city on Dec. 31, 1895, by Capt. W.H. Getzendaner (1834-1909), an attorney, Confederate veteran, banker, and president of the Dallas & Waco . . . — — Map (db m151256) HM |
| On South Park Street 0 miles north of West Elm Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Stonemasons Joe E. Bishop, "Rocky" Davis, and "Old Frank" Hamilton built this 2-story native stone mill for William T. Miller (1846-1936) in 1882. Steam power was used to grind grain here until a crude oil engine was installed (1918). The grist mill . . . — — Map (db m12076) HM |
| On East Sam Rayburn Drive (State Highway 56) west of North Center Street (State Highway 78), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Commissioners’ Court first met at Jacob Black’s cabin on Feb. 26, 1836, before Fannin County was officially organized. In 1838 Warren (near present Ambrose in Grayson County) was named the county seat. The courthouse built there in 1840 was a . . . — — Map (db m128644) HM |
| On Hickory Street east of 5th Street (State Highway 34), on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1885, ten years after the town of Honey Grove was incorporated, Mayor J. P. Gilmer brought to the attention of the City Council the need for a city hall and jail building. This structure was completed four years later. It is Fannin County's only . . . — — Map (db m127943) HM |
| On West Fayette Street at North Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on West Fayette Street. |
| | German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the finest structure in the city, . . . — — Map (db m61300) HM |
| Near West South Main Street west of South Penn Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Dr. George Washington Allen (1849-1903) founded the Flatonia City Hospital in 1896, and this building was completed the following year to serve the medical needs of the growing railroad town. About 1910 the second floor hospital space became the . . . — — Map (db m76915) HM |
| On West South Main Street at South Penn Street, on the left when traveling west on West South Main Street. |
| | This commercial vernacular building was built for W.H. and Emma Wheeler in 1907 by Allen Brothers Construction Company. Built of locally made bricks, the structure exhibits Romanesque Revival style influences and features corbelled brickwork, . . . — — Map (db m76914) HM |
| On South Main Street south of West Travis Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | F.W. Grassmeyer commissioned German-Texan stonemasons to construct this Italianate style commercial building between 1856 and 1859. The structure served as a hotel until 1893, when German immigrant Fritz Presun purchased it as a regional sales . . . — — Map (db m61301) HM |
| On North Madison Street at East Travis Street (Business Texas Highway 71), on the right when traveling north on North Madison Street. |
| | Built in 1886 for local merchant Amzi T. Bradshaw and his wife Sarah, this house was purchased in 1908 by their daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough. In 1924, the Killoughs extensively altered the Victorian-era wood frame residence by . . . — — Map (db m71629) HM |
| On North Main Street south of West Colorado Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | About 1890, the structural safety of Fayette County's third courthouse came into question, and plans began for the building of this structure to serve as the seat of justice for the county. The commissioners court hired San Antonio architect James . . . — — Map (db m53236) HM |
| On North Main Street at West Pearl Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | German native Dr. William A. Hermes moved to La Grange in 1855 to practice medicine. He opened Hermes Drug Store the following year with his partner, Dr. Eck. His two sons, August and William, Jr., earned pharmacy degrees and joined the family . . . — — Map (db m71627) HM |
| On South 5th Strret at West Missouri Street, on the right when traveling south on South 5th Strret. |
| | Alabama native William P. Daily (1865-1941) and his family arrived in Floyd County in 1911, settling briefly in the Muncy community (5 mi. N). After moving to Floydada to open a feed, coal, and wagon yard, Daily recognized the need for a hotel here. . . . — — Map (db m104573) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 6) at Commerce Street (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | This is the second courthouse to serve Foard County since its creation in 1891. By 1909, the first courthouse proved too small for the needs of the county, and voters passed a bond election for the purpose of building a new one. The Commissioners . . . — — Map (db m81386) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street. |
| | This classical revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed by C. H. Page of Austin and dedicated in 1909. The contractor was the Texas Building Company, also of Austin. . . . — — Map (db m122796) HM |
| On Preston Street at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Preston Street. |
| | Completed in 1897, this structure was the third jail building in Fort Bend County. Built to communicate strength and justice to the area's lawless elements, the imposing Romanesque revival style structure features terra cotta decoration and massive . . . — — Map (db m129330) HM |
| On North 6th Street at Preston Street, on the right when traveling north on North 6th Street. |
| | Phillip Vogel, a German merchant, built this residence in the 1850s. It reflects the simple Greek revival style popular at the time. A. D. McNabb, owner of a saddlery shop, bought the property in 1887. He married Charlien Gloyd, daughter of . . . — — Map (db m129331) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Street. |
| | A native of Scotland, Isaac McFarlane (1840-1900) served with Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War and later became a successful merchant in Richmond. This home was constructed for his family in the early 1880s by local builder Thomas Culshaw. . . . — — Map (db m122759) HM |
| On U.S. 90A at Midway Drive, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90A. |
| | Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, . . . — — Map (db m28499) HM |
| On North Kaufman Street (Texas Route 37) at Main Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling west on North Kaufman Street. |
| | The present building was erected in 1910 after a fire destroyed the original M&P bank building. The Merchants & Planters Bank and First National Bank merged in March of 1932, during the national "Great Depression," which began in 1929. The Mount . . . — — Map (db m120193) HM |
| On East Main Street at Hall Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Built 1857 to meet fortress-like specifications: interior walls are 18 inches thick, outer walls, 30 inches. Constructed of brick and oak timbers. Prison, upstairs, had floor of thick oak planks, with subfloor of iron.
Jailer lived on ground . . . — — Map (db m85022) HM |
| On South Hall Street at East Bradley Street, on the right when traveling north on South Hall Street. |
| | German native Fridolin (Fred) Fischer (1850-1921) came to Freestone County from Indiana in 1876. In 1893, the same year he opened a local hardware store, he had this home constructed by David P. Winfrey. Built in the Eastlake style, the residence . . . — — Map (db m85009) HM |
| On Reunion Street at Keechi Street, on the right when traveling east on Reunion Street. |
| | Greek Revival structure with cistern and chimneys of local handmade brick. Lumber, hardware came by wagon from Galveston. Siding is cypress; interiors of hand-planed heart pine. Unusual smoke spots decorate a ceiling.
Started 1855 by Dr. W. D. . . . — — Map (db m85040) HM |
| Near South Friendswood Drive (State Highway FM 518) south of Magnolia, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Designed by Houston architect Henry A. Stubee and built in 1938, this was the home of local civic, church, and business leader Cecil Brown and his wife Frances. Both were from pioneer Quaker families. Mr. Brown was prominent in the Gulf Coast fig . . . — — Map (db m53113) 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Near Sealy Avenue near 18th Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| |
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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
| | 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 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 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 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 |
| On Broadway Avenue J (State Highway 87) east of 16th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | John and Eliza Hertford bought three lots at this site in 1867 and built this house by 1869, the year of John's death. Eliza and her children continued to reside here until 1878. This house, originally a Greek revival-influenced design, was later . . . — — Map (db m137973) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue at 15th Street, on the right when traveling west on Sealy Avenue. |
| | A native of Prussia, Julius H. Ruhl came to Galveston in 1872. He served as cashier and clerk for the mercantile firm of Kauffman & Runge until his death in 1882. This home, which Ruhl had constructed in 1874-75, remained in his family until 1962. . . . — — Map (db m57449) HM |
| On Avenue E at 16th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue E. |
| | Confederate veteran and capitalist Henry A. Landes (1844-1919) had this house built in 1887-88. Designed by prominent architects George E. Dickey of Houston and D. A. Helmich, the house reportedly provided refuge to some 200 people during the . . . — — Map (db m50048) HM |
| On Mechanic Street east of 24th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Leon & H. Blum, "Importers of and Wholesale Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Notions, etc.", was founded by Alexander and Leon Blum in 1858 under the firm name of A. Blum & Bro. In 1865 the firm was reorganized and the . . . — — Map (db m130434) HM |
| On Mechanic Street (Avenue C) near 23rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A young Alsatian immigrant, Leon Blum (1836-1906), joined his brother Alexander in a business partnership in Richmond, Texas, about 1852. The company, A.Blum & Bro., moved to Galveston in 1859. The new firm of Leon & H. Blum was founded late in . . . — — Map (db m65088) HM |
| On Ball Avenue H at 15th Street, on the left when traveling east on Ball Avenue H. |
| | The first portion of this Queen Anne house was built before 1889 as a one-story cottage. About 1894, during the ownership of William B. Lockhart (1860-1923), it was enlarged by raising the original section to the second floor and adding a new ground . . . — — Map (db m138029) HM |
| On Strand Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A fire on The Strand in 1869 destroyed an earlier structure at this site. John F. Magale (d. 1880) built this edifice in 1870 to house his wholesale liquor business. Cast iron was used for the first floor facade and window hood molding for the . . . — — Map (db m140062) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 21st Street (Moody Avenue), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Originally built after 1877, this structure was rebuilt after an 1881 fire. Although owned at the time by D.D. Mallory of Baltimore, it was occupied by wholesale grocers Moore, Stratton & Co. and other businesses. It was known throughout much of the . . . — — Map (db m65060) HM |
| On 19th Street at Ball Street, on the left when traveling south on 19th Street. |
| | Built in the mid-1890s, this late Victorian home was owned by Maud J.H. Moller from about 1895 until 1911. She and her husband, Jens, were prominent in Galveston business and political circles. Cotton exporter and Swiss Consul Ulrich Muller resided . . . — — Map (db m59399) HM |
| On Winnie Street west of 12th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Medard Menard followed his well-established cousin, Michel B. Menard, to Galveston where he married Susan LeClere in 1838. He built this house in 1882 for himself, Susan and their daughter, Marie, and her children. The home was purchased by Herbert . . . — — Map (db m139977) HM |
| Near Broadway Avenue (State Highway 87) near 25th Street. Reported missing. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m159874) HM |
| On 35th Street at Avenue O, on the right when traveling north on 35th Street. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m56233) HM |
| On Broadway at 27th Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | The Quigg-Baulard Cottage was originally built by William and Josephine Quigg in 1867. The wooden house with clapboard siding includes five-foot brick piers. The front exhibits Greek revival features, characteristic of mid-19th century Galveston. . . . — — Map (db m148955) HM |
| On 22nd Street (Kempner Street) south of Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Samson Heidenheimer, pioneer Galveston merchant, had this building erected in 1877 on the site of the Grand Southern Hotel. The Grand Southern was a four-story forty-room Victorian Hotel of brick construction.
In 1877, a fire originating on . . . — — Map (db m128844) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue at 19th Street, on the right when traveling west on Sealy Avenue. |
| | Built in 1886-87 for German native Jacob Sonnentheil (d. 1908), this home probably was designed by prominent Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton. Sonnentheil served with the Confederacy during the Civil War and operated a wholesale dry goods . . . — — Map (db m57408) HM |
| On Avenue L at 24th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue L. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m58016) HM |
| On Broadway (State Highway 87) at 14th Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | Built, 1886-1893, by Col. Walter Gresham, civic leader and U.S. Congressman. Nicholas J. Clayton was architect. One of the most lavish and massive homes in U.S., house is a Victorian adaptation of renaissance style.
Silver and onyx mantel in . . . — — Map (db m143659) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue at 18th Street, on the left when traveling east on Sealy Avenue. |
| | A fine cypress structure with ornate woodwork, this house was built in 1886 by Maxwell (1845-1906) and Sarah Davis Maas for their family of nine children. A Galveston-born nephew of the musical composer Offenbach, Maas was a merchant and then county . . . — — Map (db m138033) HM |
| On 22nd Street at Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north on 22nd Street. |
| | Julius Kauffman (1856-1935) and Julius Runge (1851-1906), second generation owners of a commission firm established in 1842, had architect Eugene T. Heiner design this renaissance revival building in the north Italian mode. Contractor Robert . . . — — Map (db m58102) HM |
| On 16th Street at Church Street (Avenue F), on the right when traveling south on 16th Street. |
| | New York native Wilbur Cherry (1819-1873), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, had this two-story home built about 1852. A pioneer Texas newspaperman, Cherry had earlier helped establish a local paper, now the Galveston Daily News. His residence, one . . . — — Map (db m50067) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This two-story Greek revival residence was constructed in the 1850s. During the Civil War it was the home of Commodore Thomas Chubb (1811-1890), a veteran of the Texas Revolution. Captured by Union naval forces on Galveston Bay, he returned to the . . . — — Map (db m138000) HM |
| On 17th Street at Sealy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 17th Street. |
| | This Danish castle-inspired home was built in 1890 by John Clement Trube, who came in his youth from Kiel, Denmark. His architect was Alfred Muller.
A successful businessman, Trube married Veronica Durst, an heir of early Texan Peter Durst: . . . — — Map (db m160045) HM |
| Near 22nd Street north of Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m60502) HM |
| On Avenue E at 15th Street, on the right when traveling east on Avenue E. |
| | This raised one-story cottage originally was located at 620 Market Street. Before the property was purchased by Victor Gustafson in 1895, it had belonged to Swiss immigrant Henry Rosenburg, who is remembered as a prominent businessman and public . . . — — Map (db m51298) HM |
| On 23rd Street at Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north on 23rd Street. |
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In 1873 John Parker Davie had erected on this corner a four-story sixty-room hotel. Originally the Cosmopolitan, it was renamed the Washington the year after the famous old Washington Hotel at 21st and Mechanic Street burned down in the fire of . . . — — Map (db m119001) HM |
| Near Bernardo de Galvez Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Built by Samuel May Williams, a founder of Galveston, secretary to Stephen F. Austin, postmaster and land agent of Austin colony. Organized first Texas bank, was father of Texas navy and shipping industry. As envoy to the U. S., failed to get loan . . . — — Map (db m58098) HM |
| On 2nd Street at North Kansas Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street. |
| | Thomas Jackson and Mary Lelia (Sherman) Dick lived on their north Galveston County "Buckhorn Ranch" for many years before hiring J. R. Beerwort and O. V. King to build this house in 1904. It is a good example of a two-story center passage plan with . . . — — Map (db m50151) HM |
| Near 9th Avenue North at Bay Street North. Reported missing. |
| | Built 1912 by Col. Hugh B. Moore (1874-1944), transportation expert. Born in Tennessee, he managed Texas City Terminal Railroad, Wolvin Steamship Line, Texas City Transportation Co., Mainland Co. Was a banker, leader in building dike, enlarging . . . — — Map (db m140240) HM |
| On West 12th Street west of North Avenue N, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1908 of lumber hauled 75 miles. Boren was first county judge, a rancher, bank director, civic leader. Hospitality of home was well known to area pioneers and cowboys visiting town.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – . . . — — Map (db m110753) HM |
| On Avenue N 0.1 miles south of West 10th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dedicated to the people of Garza County in memory of Marshall and Gladys Mason, Garza County pioneers. Donated by the families of a son and a daughter, Marshall Mason, Jr., and Mrs. James L. Minor, for use as a museum.
Recorded Texas . . . — — Map (db m88816) HM |
| On East 11th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Charles W. Post (1854-1914), famed cereal manufacturer who founded this community as a model town, occupied this residence during his frequent visits here. Employees of the Double U Company constructed the cottage in 1907 using native stone . . . — — Map (db m110754) HM |
| On W. San Antonio Street west of S. Adams Street (Texas Highway 16), on the left when traveling west. |
| | This two-story stone structure served as the fourth jail for Gillespie County, organized in 1848. It was constructed by the firm of C.F. Priess and Bro. in 1885. The ground floor housed a holding area and living quarters for the jailer. The second . . . — — Map (db m94291) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 87/290) west of North Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The original part of this stone structure containing a cellar with a vault ceiling, was built in the early 1850s on property owned by John Schmidtzinsky, a pioneer area settler. Once used as a pharmacy, it housed H. R. Richter's Jewelry store in the . . . — — Map (db m61849) HM |
| On West Austin Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The original one-story section of this residence was constructed by Felix Van Der Stucken (1833-1912) soon after he purchased the site in 1864. The two-story addition was completed later. A native of Belgium, Van Der Stucken operated a nearby . . . — — Map (db m156241) HM |
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