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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1227_the-eugenia-george-sealy-pavilion_Galveston-TX.html
Service to the community by the late George Sealy (1880-1944), Galveston financier and civic leader, and his wife Eugenia (1901-1987) was commemorated by the dedication of this pavilion in their memory. The pavilion is a gift to the people of Galv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1225_hagemann-cobb-house_Galveston-TX.html
This elaborate Italianate-Queen Anne style house was built in 1892 by Galveston grocer John Hagemann and his wife Jerusha. In 1932 the home was purchased by Thomas and Laura Ella Cobb. A city health inspector, Cobb was the head of the local Brewer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N8_galveston-historical-foundation_Galveston-TX.html
In 1871, twelve men formed the Galveston Historical Society to preserve the history of Texas by collecting important documents. The group and its archive grew, but in 1880, the secretary died, telling no one where to find the collection. In 1885, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N7_the-bishops-palace_Galveston-TX.html
Built, 1886-1893, by Col. Walter Gresham, civic leader and U.S. Congressman. Nicholas J. Clayton was architect. One of the most lavish and massive homes in U.S., house is a Victorian adaptation of renaissance style.
Silver and onyx mantel in mu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N6_c-f-marschner-building_Galveston-TX.html
Erected in 1905-06 by local contractor Otto Haase, this building housed the Texas Bottling Works and the family residence of C. F. and Marie Marschner. Shortly before the completion of the building, C. F. Marschner died. His widow inherited the bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N5_former-site-of-heidenheimers-castle_Galveston-TX.html
In 1857 John S. Sydnor (1812-1869), former Galveston mayor, built the original two-story, eight-room structure at this site. Samson Heidenheimer (1834-1891) bought it in 1884. The German-born Heidenheimer began with a $100 loan and built a fortune…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N2_american-national-insurance-company_Galveston-TX.html
Founded in 1905 by Galveston business pioneer W. L. Moody, Jr. (1865-1954), American National opened for business on third floor of the Moody Building at 22nd and Strand streets in Galveston. At that time the home office staff numbered ten. By 191…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZP0_st-patrick-catholic-church_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston Bishop C.M. Dubus established this parish in 1870 to serve Catholics in Galveston Island's fast-growing west end district. A wood sanctuary was built at this site and the mostly Irish congregation named the church for St. Patrick, the pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLI_the-moody-home_Galveston-TX.html
Family residence, W.L. Moody, Jr, built about 1894, and for many years home of Mr. Moody prominent financier and philanthropist who established the Moody Foundation.
Late Victorian architecture, said to have been Texas residence built on steel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYM7_victor-gustafson-home_Galveston-TX.html
This raised one-story cottage originally was located at 620 Market Street. Before the property was purchased by Victor Gustafson in 1895, it had belonged to Swiss immigrant Henry Rosenburg, who is remembered as a prominent businessman and public b…