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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187Q_the-cottage_Galveston-TX.html
Built about 1882 by cotton buyer Bernard Roensch. Late Greek revival architecture with high Victorian detail in gingerbread trim, ornate tower, stained glass panels and transoms, slate mantels, fine staircase.
Has survived many storms.Recorded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1871_first-navy-of-the-republic-of-texas_Galveston-TX.html
Dedicated to theFirst Navy of the Republic of TexasEstablished by Governor Henry SmithNovember 25th, 1835
The FleetBrutus · IndependenceLiberty · Invincible
Commemorating the heroism of its personneldefenders of an empire
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1760_reedy-chapel-a-m-e-church_Galveston-TX.html
Trustees of the Methodist Church purchased this lot in 1848 as a worship site for Black slaves. Meetings were held outdoors until a building was erected in 1863. At the end of the Civil War (1865), ownership of the property was transferred to the …
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…