Texas - Galveston County
Galveston County Texas (Page 2) has 31 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include SS SELMA (steamship), Sealy, George, House, Strand Historic District, The, USS CAVALLA (submarine) and Point Bolivar Lighthouse.

Several famous people are associated with these Galveston County historic places including Moody, William Lewis, Jr., Samuel May Williams and John S. Sydnor.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Galveston County places including Stanford White, Nicholas J. Clayton, Electric Boat Co., John de Young, William H. Tyndall, Bureau of Lighthouses, A. C. Finn, Frank Jr. Bell, Hollingsworth & Co. Harlan and Nicholas Clayton. Prominent architectural styles found in Galveston Country are Late Victorian, Gothic and Greek Revival.

Pix Building (added 1984 - - #84001713)
2128 Postoffice St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional
More Information:
Point Bolivar Lighthouse (added 1977 - - #77001445)
TX 87 , Port Bolivar
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bureau of Lighthouses
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Art, Transportation, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Powhatan House (added 1975 - - #75001982)
3427 Ave. O , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Sydnor,John S.
Significant Year:
1907, 1847, 1893
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Museum
More Information:
Quigg--Baulard House (added 2015 - - #15000618)
Galveston, Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1899 AD
Reedy Chapel-AME Church (added 1984 - - #84001717)
Also known as Reedy Chapel
2013 Broadway , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Robinson Building (added 1984 - - #84001720)
2009-2011 Postoffice St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant
More Information:
Rosenberg Library (added 1984 - - #84001722)
2310 Sealy St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
SS SELMA (steamship) (added 1994 - - #93001449)
Also known as 41GV102
Address Restricted , Galveston
Jw4nvc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Cultural Affiliation:
American Maritime
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
Scottish Rite Cathedral (added 1984 - - #84001724)
2128 Church St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Finn,A. C.
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Sealy, George, House (added 1969 - - #69000205)
2424 Broadway , Galveston
Wiki name~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
White,Stanford, Clayton,Nicholas J.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Shaw, M. W., Building (added 1984 - - #84001728)
2427 Ave. D , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
Silk Stocking Residential Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000539)
Also known as See Also:Sweeney--Royston House;Adams,Charles,House;Kempner,
Roughly bounded by Ave. K, 23rd St., Ave. P, and 26th St. , Galveston
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clayton, Nicholas
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
St. Joseph's Church (added 1976 - - #76002032)
2202 Ave. K , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bleicke,Joseph
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
St. Mary's Cathedral (added 1973 - - #73001964)
2011 Church Ave. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clayton,Nicholas J.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Star Drug Store (added 1984 - - #84001731)
510 23rd St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
Steffens--Drewa House Complex (added 1988 - - #88002671)
2701, 2705, and 2709 Ave. O , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Strand Historic District, The (added 1970 - - #70000748)
Roughly bounded by Ave. A, 20th St., alley between Aves. C and D, and railroad depot , Galveston
Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Beaux Arts, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Water Works, Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
Stringfellow Orchards (added 2013 - - #13000043)
7902 TX 6, Hitchcock
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Sweeney-Royston House (added 1978 - - #78002931)
2402 Ave. L , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clayton,Nicholas J.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Texas Building (added 1984 - - #84001734)
2200 Central Plaza , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bulger,Charles W.
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Professional
More Information:
Texas Heroes Monument (added 1984 - - #84001737)
25th and Broadway , Galveston
Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Amateis,Louis
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Art
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
More Information:
The Settlement Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000268)
Centered on the intersection of N Bell Dr and the 100 block of S Bell Dr with cross-streets Carver Ave and Eunice St , Texas City
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church (added 1979 - - #79002946)
22nd St. and Ave. G , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clayton,Nicholas J., de Young,John
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Trueheart-Adriance Building (added 1971 - - #71000933)
212 22nd St. , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clayton,Nicholas J.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Specialty Store
More Information:
U.S. National Bank (added 1984 - - #84001739)
2201 Ave. D , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Professional
More Information:
USS CAVALLA (submarine) (added 2008 - - #08000477)
Also known as SSK244, AGSS244
E.end of Seawolf Park , Galveston
Wwoods, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Electric Boat Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
USS HATTERAS (41GV68) (added 1977 - - #77001567)
Also known as 41GV68
Address Restricted , Galveston
Reguyla, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Street Furniture/Object
USS STEWART (added 2007 - - #07000689)
East End of Seawolf Park , Galveston
Cobatfor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
brown Shipbuilding Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Ursuline Convent (added 1973 - - #72001546)
2600 Ave. N , Galveston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
de Young,John
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Educational Related Housing, School
Current Function:
Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Educational Related Housing, School
Williams, Samuel May, House (added 1971 - - #71000934)
361 Ave. P , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Williams,Samuel May
Significant Year:
1837, 1840
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Willis--Moody Mansion (added 1994 - - #94000410)
Also known as Moody Mansion and Museum
2618 Broadway , Galveston
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tyndall, William H.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Historic Person:
Moody, William Lewis, Jr.
Significant Year:
1900, 1893
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:

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