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Originally conceived as part of a City Beautiful civic center, Galveston relocated its new city hall from the old city market site to Rosenberg Avenue. The architecture firm of C. D. Hill & Company also designed a city hall for Dallas, employed Italian forms for its palazzo-type structure and its portico.
Pages in category "Landforms of Galveston County, Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The mayor of Galveston is the official head of the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent mayor is Craig Brown, who was elected in 2020, re-elected in 2022, [1] [2] and was re-elected to another three-year term on May 4, 2024. [3] He took office in July 2020, succeeding the previous mayor, Jim Yarbrough. [4]
The U.S. Custom House in Galveston is a simply detailed Classical Revival, two-story, brick building located near the waterfront in Galveston. The most notable features are the projecting double gallery on the west facade and the inset double galleries on the longer, north and south facades. The exterior walls are hard-fired, red-brown bricks ...
The Port of Galveston is the port of the city of Galveston, Texas, United States. It was established by a proclamation issued by the Congress of Mexico on October 17, 1825, while the land known today as Texas was still part of Mexico. The Port of Galveston is the oldest port in the Gulf of Mexico west of New Orleans. [7]
The Bolivar Peninsula forms a very narrow strip of land in Galveston County, separating the eastern part of Galveston Bay from the Gulf of Mexico. Its narrowest point is a quarter of a mile and is near the unincorporated community of Gilchrist, where the peninsula was divided by Rollover Pass. Bolivar Peninsula as census-designated place (CDP)
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Location of Galveston County in Texas This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Galveston County, Texas . There are 10 districts, 73 individual properties, and four former properties listed on the National Register in the county.