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Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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, 2310-2314 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

Strand Historic District, Moody Building, 2202-2206 Strand, Galveston,...

Survey number: HABS TX-3296-Q National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748

Harbor and city of Galveston, Texas

Harbor and city of Galveston, Texas

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red Cross, 1878-1957; Relief operations; Galveston, Tex.; News coverage, 1900

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

Looking up 22d St. from corner of Avenue T, ruins of Galveston, Texas, [after hurricane]

Looking up 22d St. from corner of Avenue T, ruins of Galveston, Texas,...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Texas Galveston 1900; Storms Hurricanes Tex. 1900; Disasters; Geogr.; Shelf.

Launching a stranded schooner from the docks /

Launching a stranded schooner from the docks /

"During the terrific storm all of the light craft along the dock front was lifted out of the water and washed up into the streets, many of them being carried for miles inland. This subject shows a number of boa... More

Galveston disaster, carrying dead body to fire to be burned

Galveston disaster, carrying dead body to fire to be burned

African American men carrying body on stretcher, surrounded by wreckage of the hurricane and flood, Galveston, Texas. D19989 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston disaster, relief party working at Ave. P and Tremont St.

Galveston disaster, relief party working at Ave. P and Tremont St.

Wreckage after hurricane and flood of Sept. 8-9, 1900. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Disasters; Ph. Ind.

Galveston disaster, I'm glad Ise living

Galveston disaster, I'm glad Ise living

African American boy, sitting on debris in the wake of the 1900 hurricane, Galveston, Texas. D19941 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Manuever [sic] camp, 1st Seperate [sic] Brigade, Galveston, Tex.

Manuever [sic] camp, 1st Seperate [sic] Brigade, Galveston, Tex.

J155506 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; May 19, 1911.

Parade, 3rd Prov. Regt., Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex.

Parade, 3rd Prov. Regt., Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex.

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., 1918,  Panoramic Photograph

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., 1918, Panoramic Photograph

Soldiers standing in front of tents, some holding signal flags. J231322 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; September 10, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45907. No. 3.

[Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, view with arms up, Galveston, Texas]

[Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing G...

May be a beauty contest. J297903 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; June 8, 1928. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Oil rigs, Galveston, Texas - Drawing. Public domain image.

Oil rigs, Galveston, Texas - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas

Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More

Architectural detail at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas

Architectural detail at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Te...

Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More

Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Review at Galveston, Texas

First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing ...

May be a beauty contest. J283038 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Cecil Thomson Studios; May 20, 1926. Copyright claimant's address: Houston, Texas.

Levenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston, R. R. Bridge across Kansas River, Lawrence, Kansas, 323 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

Levenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston, R. R. Bridge across Kansas River, L...

No. 32. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his phot... More

Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, TX

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

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

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

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

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 Crossing of Mud Bayou, High Island, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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

Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1930

Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing...

J0 6979 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; August 7, 1930.

Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1930

Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing...

J0 6979 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; August 7, 1930.

Hendley Building, 2000-2016 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

Hendley Building, 2000-2016 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

Galveston Baggage & Cordage Factory, Winnie Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Galveston Baggage & Cordage Factory, Winnie Street, Galveston, Galvest...

Significance: At the time of its erection, 1888, this factory was the only bagging mill in Texas and was possibly the only such factory ever erected in the state. Its purpose was to produce woven jute bagging, ... More

St. Mary's Cathedral, Twenty-first Street & Church Avenue, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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

First Presbyterian Church, Church & Nineteenth Streets, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

Wilbur F. Cherry House, 1602 Church Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Wilbur F. Cherry House, 1602 Church Street, Galveston, Galveston Count...

Significance: This house represents the typical Greek Revival residence of the early days of Galveston. Cherry, the original owner of the dwelling, founded what is today the oldest newspaper in Texas. Survey n... More

Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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 County, TX

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 County, TX

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

Panorama #1, Galveston, Texas panoramic photo

Panorama #1, Galveston, Texas panoramic photo

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama #1, Galveston, Texas panoramic photo

Panorama #1, Galveston, Texas panoramic photo

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Strand Historic District, Washington Hotel, Twenty-second Street & Avenue C, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Strand Historic District, Washington Hotel, Twenty-second Street & Ave...

Significance: The building is an example of Greek Revival style with a combination of other styles. It took its name from another hotel that burned in a fire in 1877. Survey number: HABS TX-3296-P National Re... More

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports team, group of people in uniform, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, TX

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, TX

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

Galveston Disaster. House on Ave. N slightly moved with flood

Galveston Disaster. House on Ave. N slightly moved with flood

Photograph shows a house tipped on side, with several boys standing in front, after a flood in Galveston, Texas D19982 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston disaster, getting a dead body from the ruins

Galveston disaster, getting a dead body from the ruins

Men searching through rubble for victims following a violent hurricane which devastated most of Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives. D19977 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston's awful calamity - Gulf tidal wave, September 8th 1900

Galveston's awful calamity - Gulf tidal wave, September 8th 1900

Print shows the destruction caused by a hurricane and tidal wave to Galveston, Texas, wreckage to buildings, survivors, and the bodies of victims; also shows vignettes at the corners and across the bottom: Dray... More

Map of the county of Galveston, Texas.

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.

U.S.S. Galveston. Warship photograph collection

U.S.S. Galveston. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Refugees at Vera Cruz going to Galveston

Refugees at Vera Cruz going to Galveston

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stern of "Dacia" at Galveston - Public domain portrait photograph

Stern of "Dacia" at Galveston - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., 1918, Camp site, Coast Artillery Corps and Marine Corps

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., 1918, Camp site, Coast Artillery Corps ...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ballinger Building, 2201 Post Office Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, 2326-2328 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Strand Historic District, Hutchings, Sealy & Company Building, 2326-23...

Survey number: HABS TX-3296-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748

Galveston, Texas. Couple from New Hampshire who have settled in Galveston, Texas for their health

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.

Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Texas

Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical ...

Annotations on drawing: OV18. Sticker: Small Early Blue. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Album of Galveston the day before and the day after the great storm
Wed by mighty waves; a thrilling romance of ill-fated Galveston,
Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, TX

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, TX

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

First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Review at Galveston, Texas

First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing ...

May be a beauty contest. J283038 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Cecil Thomson Studios; May 20, 1926. Copyright claimant's address: Houston, Texas.

Texas cowboy polka mazurka - Public domain American sheet music
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

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

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

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 Crossing of Mud Bayou, High Island, Galveston County, TX

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), Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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

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

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

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red Cross, 1878-1957; Relief operations; Galveston, Tex.; Reports, 1900-1901, undated

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922

Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922

J255116 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; May 18, 1922.

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red Cross, 1878-1957; Relief operations; Galveston, Tex.; Contributions and supplies; 1900, Oct. 13-1902, Mar., undated

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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

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, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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, Galveston County, TX

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 County, TX

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 County, TX

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

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