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More than 30,000 trees were lost during HUrrican Ike in 2008. A campaign to create tree sculptures from the remaining trunks exhibits the creativity and resilience of islanders. This sculpture is a nod to King Vidor, one of directors of the Wizard…

This statue at the Seawall stands as a tribute to the six to eight thousand souls who perished in the Great Storm of 1900.

Nicholas Clayton, architect. Originally the Gresham Mansion.

Galveston Island from the air. The yellow dot shows the approximate location of the Williams Borden Neighborhood.

Ida Bayden House
1919 37th Street

From Galveston’s Historic City Landmarks – link below
Like other houses that architect Nicholas Clayton designed in Galveston, this house impresses not only by its size but by the consummate ability that he…

3608 Avenue O

Galveston’s Historic City Landmarks -
3608 Ave O was built in October 1913 by John T. Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert was an engineer for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad. He lived here with his wife, Artie, until his death there in…

3601 Avenue P
National Register 71000934, Listed 1971
From Galveston’s Historic City Landmarks – link below
Originally the son of a ship captain from Rhode Island, Samuel May Williams came to Texas as empresario Stephen F. Austin's translator and…