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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM153Q_fredrick-william-beissner-house_Galveston-TX.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1530_texas-society-sons-of-the-american-revolution_Galveston-TX.html
In 1889, during the Centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, a group of Revolutionary War soldiers' descendants gathered in New York to form a society to promote awareness of the Revolutionary Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14DO_galveston-artillery-club_Galveston-TX.html
By 1840, a year after its incorporation, the city of Galveston was home to approximately 1,200 residents, the entry point for scores of immigrants and a major coastal shipping port. Ongoing tensions between the young Republic of Texas and Mexico h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14D7_baden-sproule-house_Galveston-TX.html
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 here in the architectura…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14D6_the-cradle_Galveston-TX.html
Building in which in 1891 Misses Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan founded the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a society for historical preservation.
This Victorian structure was then library of "The Oaks," family home of the founders, who we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14D5_franklin-wandless-house_Galveston-TX.html
Built in 1886 to replace a house destroyed in the great Strand fire, this was the home of Robert Morris and Sarah Franklin. Robert Franklin (1839-1923) was the son of Benjamin C. Franklin, the Battle of San Jacinto veteran for whom Franklin County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14CY_william-j-killeen-house_Galveston-TX.html
A bookkeeper for the Texas Cooperative Association, William J. Killeen built this residence about 1886. His family continued to live here following his death the same year. In 1899 the house was purchased by Dr. John Thomas Moore (1863-1951). A fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14CK_maud-moller-house_Galveston-TX.html
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 reside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14CI_galveston-c-s-a_Galveston-TX.html
Most important Texas seaport during the Civil War. Had consulates of England, France and Spain and worldwide recognition as a cotton exporter. Set up defenses including 10 mud forts and gun batteries on beaches, at railroad depot and on Pelican Sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C8_gulf-colorado-santa-fe-railway-company_Galveston-TX.html
In 1874 Galveston County voters narrowly approved $500,000 in bonds to finance construction of a railroad line from the city of Galveston that would bypass Houston, its business rival, and reach across Texas and beyond to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hen…