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Originally the Tremont Opera house, some of the walls were retained when it was re-designed as the E.S. Levy department store in 1896. The building was built for E.S. Levy & Co. and Ed S. Levy. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 2003. The building is located at 2221-2225 Market Street.
Galveston's Leonora Kempner Thompson Community Enrichment Award (1993) American Institute of Architects' Jefferson Award; Texas Business Hall of Fame Award, the National Preservation Honor Award; Texas A&M's Aggie of the Year (1994) Governor's Award for Historic Preservation presented to Mr. And Mrs. Mitchell by Governor George W. Bush (1995)
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
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.
Leon & H. Blum Building (1879), now Tremont House (Galveston, Texas), 2300 Mechanic Street, Galveston, Texas [10] Harris County Jail, Preston Avenue at Caroline Street, Houston (1880, demolished) [11] Sweeney and Coombs Building (1880), 310 Main Street, Market Square Historic District, Houston [12]
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]
Map of Galveston in 1871 Galveston City Railway Company c 1894. At the end of the 19th century, Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. [22]
Preceding the Hotel Galvez overlooking the beach was the Beach Hotel, designed by Nicholas J. Clayton and completed in 1883. It was located on Tremont Street. The Beach Hotel was similar in style to some of the grand hotels built in the 1870s, the San Francisco Palace, the United States Hotel, and the Grand Union Hotel.