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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC4_galveston-island_Galveston-TX.html
Few spots have played a more exciting role in the life of Texas than Galveston Island.
Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish explorer, wrote of the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians when he was shipwrecked here in 1528. The island became headquarters for J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6Q_nicholas-j-clayton_Galveston-TX.html
A native of Ireland, Nicholas Joseph Clayton emigrated to Ohio with his widowed mother in the early 1840s. After serving in the Union navy during the Civil War, he joined the Memphis architectural firm of Jones and Baldwin. In 1872 he was sent to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6F_hutchings-sealy-co-buildings_Galveston-TX.html
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. B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BVT_west-galveston-island_Galveston-TX.html
First known to world history in the 16th century, from report of Spanish soldier Cabeza De Vaca, who was shipwrecked on this island in 1528. Area was also visited by French explorer La Salle in 1685. Second known Caucasian to live here was the buc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AR7_reedy-chapel-a-m-e-church_Galveston-TX.html
This structure, erected during the pastorate of the Rev. J.E. Edwards, replaced the first Reedy Chapel Church on this site, destroyed by the 1885 Galveston fire. Contractor E.F. Campbell began construction in 1886. Four storms hit the island that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18B0_lasker-home-for-children_Galveston-TX.html
This two-story galleried Greek revival residence was built about 1870 by Galveston attorney Marcus C. McLemore (d. 1898). The Society for the Help of Homeless Children bought the home in 1901 for use as a charitable center. It was enlarged in 1912…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM188J_leon-h-blum-co-building_Galveston-TX.html
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 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1883_hendleys-row_Galveston-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187S_1871-thomas-jefferson-league-building_Galveston-TX.html
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 occ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187R_mallory-produce-building_Galveston-TX.html
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 t…