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The Grand Galvez Resort & Spa is a historic 226-room resort hotel located in Galveston, Texas, United States that opened in 1911 as the Hotel Galvez. It was named to honor Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, for whom the city was named. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1979.
The building is located at 2221-2225 Market Street. First working in Colorado, Charles Bulger moved his architecture practice to Galveston in the 1890s. The 1896 E.S. Levy Building was one of his first commissions in Galveston and marked a new direction for his choice of claddings from red to brown brick, which also marked a color change for ...
The Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, Texas is currently operated as a not-for-profit performing arts theatre. The Romanesque Revival style Opera House is located at 2020 Post Office Street in Galveston's Historic Downtown Cultural Arts District. It was named "The Official Opera House of Texas" in 1993 by the 73rd Texas Legislature. [2]
May 11, 1976. Designated HD. January 26, 1970. The Strand Historic District, also known as the Strand District, in downtown Galveston, Texas (USA), is a National Historic Landmark District of mainly Victorian era buildings that now house restaurants, antique stores, and curio shops. The area is a major tourist attraction for the island city and ...
Tremont House (Bellevue, Ohio), on the National Register of Historic Places. Tremont House (Boston), the first hotel with indoor plumbing. Tremont House (Chicago), 1860 Republican National Convention Headquarters. Tremont House (Galveston), a historic hotel in the Strand Historic District. Category: Disambiguation pages.
Nicholas J. Clayton. Saint Marys Cathedral, Austin, TX. The Beach Hotel, Galveston. Bishop's Palace, postcard. Nicholas Joseph Clayton (November 1, 1840, in Cloyne, County Cork – December 9, 1916) was a prominent Victorian era architect in Galveston, Texas.
Beach Hotel, on Galveston Beach between Tremont St. and Twenty-fourth St., Galveston. Col. William H. Sinclair (October 31, 1838-January 11, 1897) was an American Union Army officer, Freedmen's Bureau official, businessman, state legislator, and union officer. Sinclair founded the Beach Hotel in Galveston in 1882, in an effort to increase ...
Opened in 2015, The Bryan Museum, located in the historic Galveston Orphans Home [1] in Galveston, Texas, US, houses The Bryan Collection, one of the world's largest collections of historical artifacts, documents, and artwork relating to Texas and the American West. Assembled by J.P. and Mary Jon Bryan, the collection spans more than 12,000 ...