First Presbyterian Church, Church & Nineteenth Streets, Galveston, Gal...
Significance: An outstanding example of the Norman phase of the Romanesque Revival style, prevalent in this country in the second half of the nineteenth century, the building is architecturally distinguished bo... More
George Ball House, 1405 Twenty-fourth Street, Galveston, Galveston Cou...
Significance: George Ball was a prominent Galveston business man, financier and philanthropist. The original house was redone in the early 1880s and represents the interpretation of the late Greek Revival style... More
George Ball House, 1405 Twenty-fourth Street, Galveston, Galveston Cou...
Significance: George Ball was a prominent Galveston business man, financier and philanthropist. The original house was redone in the early 1880s and represents the interpretation of the late Greek Revival style... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Sydnor-Heidenheimer Building, 1602 Sealy Street, Galveston, Galveston ...
Significance: John Sydnor, original owner of the house, was an important figure in early Galveston history. He was mayor of the city, commission merchant and auctioneer. Sampson Heidenheimer, who later made var... More
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
Map of the county of Galveston, Texas.
Includes ill. of commercial and public buildings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Ballinger Building, 2201 Post Office Street, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Survey number: HABS TX-3297 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Strand Historic District, Hutchings, Sealy & Company Building, 2326-23...
Survey number: HABS TX-3296-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748
Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned b...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Tin smelting. Pure tin for the countless war needs of the ...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are stacked in the wareho...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Galveston, Texas. Couple from New Hampshire who have settled in Galves...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This is probably one of the oldest residences in Galveston. It is thought to have been erected in 1847 by John S. Sydnor, an early Galveston mayor and auction merchant, and is a good example of th... More
Strand Historic District, Ufford Building, 303-309 Twenty-third Street...
Significance: One of the few remaining buildings erected in Galveston before the Civil War, the Ufford Building was built by John Brown for Edmund L. Ufford. The building was started on October 23, 1860 and com... More
Morris Lasker House, 1718-1726 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Lasker was a prominent Galveston businessman and philanthropist and his home was one of many Victorian mansions that once lined Broadway Street. The building was a fine example of the Victorian Fr... More
Morris Lasker House, 1718-1726 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Lasker was a prominent Galveston businessman and philanthropist and his home was one of many Victorian mansions that once lined Broadway Street. The building was a fine example of the Victorian Fr... More
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Strand Historic District, 2014 Mechanic Street (Commercial Building), ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Sealy House, 2424 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: The builder of the house, George Sealy, was an outstanding Galveston businessman in the second half of the 19th century. He accumulated considerable wealth and was associated with numerous Galvest... More
George Sealy House, 2424 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: The builder of the house, George Sealy, was an outstanding Galveston businessman in the second half of the 19th century. He accumulated considerable wealth and was associated with numerous Galvest... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston...
Significance: This reinforced concrete viaduct spans more than two miles between Galveston Island and the Texas mainland. Its original twenty-eight concrete arches and steel draw span were the first Galveston ... More
Hendley Building, 2000-2016 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: "Hendley's Block," consisting of four adjoining buildings, is the oldest surviving commercial structure on the Strand, the heart of old Galveston commercial quarter (See Strand Historic District -... More
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud...
Significance: Designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston district between 1933-36 in conjunction with the construction of the Louisiana-Texas (LA-TEX) intracoastal waterway project, the H... More
Herman Marwitz House, 801 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galveston C...
Significance: Soon after its completion in 1894, the house served as the Goldbeck College, a private school, until 1900. Survey number: HABS TX-2105
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
Map of the county and city of Galveston, Texas /
Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 981 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Map of the city of Galveston.
Strand Historic District, Bolton Estate Building, 2321-2323 Strand, Ga...
Significance: The Bolton Building housed one of Galveston's oldest commercial firms, J. F. Smith and Brothers. First built by Colonel Bolton in 1870 after the "Moro Castle Fire" in December 1869, the structure ... More
Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin sme...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. Tin smelting. Pure tin for the countless war needs of the ...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Galveston, Texas. Three nuns walking along the seawall
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Rosenberg House, 1306 Market Street, Galveston, Galveston County...
Significance: Henry Rosenberg was a leading merchant and philanthropist of Galveston, a man of great civic enterprise and a great benefactor to the city. His home is representative of the transition from the Gr... More
Henry Rosenberg House, 1306 Market Street, Galveston, Galveston County...
Significance: Henry Rosenberg was a leading merchant and philanthropist of Galveston, a man of great civic enterprise and a great benefactor to the city. His home is representative of the transition from the Gr... More
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
Strand Historic District, Kaufman & Runge Building, 222 Twenty-second ...
Significance: Considered one of Galveston's architectural monuments, this neo-Renaissance building was erected for Juluis Kauffman and Julius Runge. Kauffman founded J. Kauffman and Company, an import goods hou... More
Strand Historic District, Leon & H. Blum Building, 2310-2328 Mechanic ...
Survey number: HABS TX-3296-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Strand Historic District, 2014 Mechanic Street (Commercial Building), ...
Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston...
Significance: This reinforced concrete viaduct spans more than two miles between Galveston Island and the Texas mainland. Its original twenty-eight concrete arches and steel draw span were the first Galveston ... More
Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston...
Significance: This reinforced concrete viaduct spans more than two miles between Galveston Island and the Texas mainland. Its original twenty-eight concrete arches and steel draw span were the first Galveston ... More
M. L. Moody House, Avenue M & Twenty-third Street, Galveston, Galvesto...
Survey number: HABS TX-254 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction
St. Mary's Cathedral, Twenty-first Street & Church Avenue, Galveston, ...
Significance: The Cathedral is the oldest religious structure in Galveston and one of the earliest buildings still standing in the city. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-171 Surve... More
Ursuline Convent, Avenue N & Twenty-fifth Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: The convent was established by seven Ursuline nuns from New Orleans. Arriving in Galveston in 1847, the convent was established for religious and academic training for girls. During the Civil War ... More
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Mrs. John L. Darragh House, 519 Fifteenth Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: The house was built for the wife of John L. Darragh, prominent businessman of Galveston. It is an example of the Queen Anne style in the city. Survey number: HABS TX-2104
Strand Historic District, Greenleve, Block & Company Building, 2310-23...
Significance: This large commercial structure was designed by one of Texas' most prominent architects for Greenleve and Block, one of the three largest wholesale dry-goods firms in Galveston. Survey number: HA... More
Brown-Denison-Moore House, 3112 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County,...
Survey number: HABS TX-257 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction
Strand Historic District, Moody Building, 2202-2206 Strand, Galveston,...
Survey number: HABS TX-3296-Q National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
Production. Tin smelting. Tin is recovered from smelting furnace smoke...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. Tin smelting. A sample of slag from one of the furnaces of...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Tin smelting. Removing slag after tapping a furnace in a S...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This is probably one of the oldest residences in Galveston. It is thought to have been erected in 1847 by John S. Sydnor, an early Galveston mayor and auction merchant, and is a good example of th... More
Strand Historic District, Ufford Building, 303-309 Twenty-third Street...
Significance: One of the few remaining buildings erected in Galveston before the Civil War, the Ufford Building was built by John Brown for Edmund L. Ufford. The building was started on October 23, 1860 and com... More
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
B'nai Israel Synagogue, 707 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: The heavily altered Gothic Revival building served as a worship place for Galveston's Jewish residents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Survey number: HABS TX-3298
Strand Historic District, First National Bank Building, 2127 Strand, G...
Significance: This Italianate style commercial structure was designed by Comegys and built by Thompson Harden McMahan, a prominent banker and merchant in Galveston. Survey number: HABS TX-3296-E National Regi... More
John C. Trube House, 1621-27 Sealy Avenue, Galveston, Galveston County...
Significance: The house is representative of the Romantic Revival style in vogue at the end of the 19th century. Alfred Muller, the architect, was proficient in this German eclectic style and designed two other... More
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
George Sealy House, 2424 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: The builder of the house, George Sealy, was an outstanding Galveston businessman in the second half of the 19th century. He accumulated considerable wealth and was associated with numerous Galvest... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Trueheart-Adriance Building, 212 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galv...
Significance: The H. M. Trueheart Company was one of the oldest and largest real estate firms in Texas during the nineteenth century and the building is architecturally significant as an excellent work of desig... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Hendley Building, 2000-2016 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: "Hendley's Block," consisting of four adjoining buildings, is the oldest surviving commercial structure on the Strand, the heart of old Galveston commercial quarter (See Strand Historic District -... More