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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLJ_galveston-childrens-home_Galveston-TX.html
Founded in 1878 by George Dealey (1829-1891), the Galveston Children's Home moved to this location in 1880. Henry Rosenberg gave money to construct a massive Gothic revival building here in 1894-95. It was destroyed by the storm of 1900. Newspaper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLG_sacred-heart-church_Galveston-TX.html
The earliest Catholic services in the Galveston area were conducted in 1838. In 1884, as a result of the church's growth under the direction of such leaders as Bishop J.M. Odin, the Galveston Diocese established Sacred Heart as the fourth church o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLE_ursuline-convent-in-the-civil-war_Galveston-TX.html
Before the Confederate recapture of Galveston on January 1, 1863, the nuns of this monastery declined the evacuation offer. During and after the battle the east wing was used as a hospital for treatment of the wounded from both sides.
Young Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL5_the-rosenberg-library_Galveston-TX.html
The oldest free public library in continuous operation in Texas. Established and endowed in 1900 by the will of Henry Rosenberg (1824-1893), a native of Switzerland who came to Galveston in 1843 and achieved prominence as a banker and merchant. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL0_scottish-rite-masonry_Galveston-TX.html
Born in 1867 in Galveston. One of major systems of celebrated Masonic fraternal organization.
Philip C. Tucker, the Deputy Inspector General of the Masons, read charter establishing "San Felipe Lodge of Perfection." It was named after San Felip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKM_site-of-galveston-seminary_Galveston-TX.html
Built by Reverend John McCullough in 1849. Patterned after private Presbyterian schools in historic Chester County, Pennsylvania. The institution was a landmark in pioneer Texas education. Eminently suited for the purpose, the school compound occu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKH_first-presbyterian-church_Galveston-TX.html
Organized New Year's Day, 1840, in the "Academy," an old building on the northwest corner of this intersection. Rev. John McCullough, church organizer, became pastor.
Original building was finished 1843; present structure started 1872; complete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKF_a-wilkins-miller-cottage_Galveston-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYB8_magnolia-creek-cemetery_League-City-TX.html
Named after the watercourse that forms one of its boundaries, this cemetery traces its establishment to the settlement of Willis and Hepsibah Perkins Butler and her mother, Martha Morgan Perkins; Samuel J. and Rebecca and Coward Perkins; Allen and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYB6_league-park_League-City-TX.html
Galveston land developer John Charles League (1849-1916) platted the townsite of League City soon after he purchased property here in 1890. Faced with the competition of an adjacent development known as the city of Clear Creek, League personally d…