East End Residential Heritage Architecture, Galveston, TX Photos |
Galveston's major East End heritage residential district contains hundreds of elegant historic houses within easy walk of the Strand. Good walking tour brochure are available. A second Silk Stocking district is further away. |
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| See also: Galveston, Mansions of Galveston, Churches of Galveston, Nicholas J. Clayton Architecture |
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| Powhatan S. Wren house (1873 & 85) (1403 Broadway). | Lucas Apartments (1907) (1407 Broadway) with unusual window boxes opposite Bishop's Palace. | Archibald R. Campbell house (1871) (1515 Broadway) with delicate porches. Architect: Scarfenberg & Losengard. | J.C. League house (1892-3) (1702 Broadway). Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton. |
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| Sonnentheil house (1886-7) (1826 Sealy). Style: Carpenter Italianate. Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton?. | Sonnentheil house woodwork details. | Jens Moller rooming house (c1899) (1818 Sealy). | Jens Moller house (1897) (1814 Sealy) with thin double columns supporting porches. Architect: George B. Stowe. |
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| Max Maas house (c1886) (1802 Sealy). | Max Maas house Italianate soffit details with Texas stars. | Clarke-Jockusch house (1895) (1728 Sealy) stuccoed to imitate stone. Style: Queen Anne. | John C. Trube house aka Danish Castle (1890) (1627 Sealy). Architect: Alfred Muller. |
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| John C. Trube house staircase rising to front door rotunda. | John C. Trube house details. | M. Wansker house (1907) (1817 Sealy). | Henry Hackbarth house (1916) (1610 Sealy). Style: Craftsman. |
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| Dr. Thomas Thompson house (c1875 & 82) (1503 Sealy). Style: Greek revival. | J.H. Ruhl house (1874) (1428 Sealy). | Vernacular house (1416 Sealy). | August J. Henck cottage (c1893) (1412 Sealy). |
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| Skinner house (1895) (1318 Sealy) with lacework surfaces & original iron fence. Style: Queen Anne. | Lemuel C. Burr house (1876) (1228 Sealy). Style: Classical & Italianate. Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton. | Lemuel C. Burr house upper veranda with Gothic arch. | Lemuel C. Burr house cutaway corner of entry. |
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| George Seeligson house (1875) (1208 Ball). Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton. | Griffin house (c1886) (1310-12 Ball) double house. | Frederich-Erhard house (1894) (1320 Ball). Style: Queen Anne. | Charles Hurley house (1868) (1328 Ball) owned by builder of Galveston, Pecos & Colorado RR. Style: Greek revival. |
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| M.W. Shaw house (c1900) (1428 Ball) a rare brick home. | Ball, Lockhart house (1890) (1502 Ball). | Lacework house with flowers (1512 Ball). | The Cottage of Bernard Roensch (1882) (1517 Ball) with octagonal tower & gingerbread. |
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| Joel B. Wolfe house (c1894) (1602 Ball) called Maison des Fleur for decoration with octagonal tower. Style: Queen Anne. | Frederick Beissner house (1888) (1702 Ball). Style: Eastlake. Architect: William H. Roystone. | Frederick Beissner house gable design detail. | Elevated small houses (c1894) (1709, 11 & 15 Ball). |
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| Elevated cottage (c1894) (1715 Ball) with jigsaw woodwork. | Maud J.H. Moller house (c1895) (1827 Ball) with curved staircase & rotunda. | Pair of shotgun cottages (c1880) (1722 & 4 Winnie). | Mrs. Jetta Davis house (1887) (1712 Winnie). |
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| A Wilkins Miller cottage (1895) (1707 Winnie). Architect: R.B. Garnett. | Elevated cottage (c1900) (1015 Church). | Alexander B. Everett house (c1881) (1211 Church) with decorative details. | N. Grumbach house (1887) (1718 Church). |
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| William Meininger house (1896) (1722 Church). Architect: George B. Stowe. | Emma Meyer house (c1888) (1717 Church) & Mrs. Charles C. Allen house (1898) (1721 Church). | Pair of Victorian arcaded houses (1887) (1808 & 1802 Postoffice). Style: Queen Anne. | Victorian arcaded house (1887) (1808 Postoffice) with green tower. |
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| Victorian arcaded house (1887) (1802 Postoffice) with red tower. | Red & blue house (c1891) (1717 Postoffice). | Pink house with rounded verandas (1720 Postoffice). | Isaac Heffron house (1899) (511 17th St.) now Victorian Inn. Architect: Charles W. Bulger. |
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| Rudolph Kruger house (1888) (1628 Postoffice). Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton. | Landes-McDonough house (1887-8) (1602 Postoffice). Style: Richarsonian Romanesque. Architect: Dickey & Helmich. | Landes-McDonough house turrets. | Landes-McDonough house verandas & ironwork. |
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| G. Reymershoffer house (1887) (1302 Postoffice) with jigsaw decoration. | Henry Rosenberg house (1859) (1306 Market). | Henry Rosenberg house Swiss merchant who donated wealth to city. | I. Lovenberg house (1877) (1412 Market). Style: Gothic revival. Architect: Nicholas J. Clayton. |
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| Dr. William Keiller house (1886) (1409 Market). Style: Eastern Stick. | Edward T. Austin house (1860s) (1502 Market). Architect: D. Moffat. | G.W. Grover-Chambers house (1859) (1520 Market). Style: Greek revival. | Yellow & pink elevated houses (610 14th St.). |
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| Wooden houses (Church Ave. at 19th St.). | Elevated house (2215 Sealy Ave.). | Sweeney-Royston house (c1895) (2402 Avenue L). Style: Eastlake. On National Register. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |