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She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Galveston Historic Seaport. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated Elissa the official tall ship of Texas in 2005. [3]
The original plat of Galveston, drawn in the late 1830s, includes Avenue B. The name 'strand' for Ave. B was coined by a German immigrant named Michael William Shaw who opened a jewelry store on the corner of 23rd and Ave. B. Shaw, not liking the name "Ave. B", changed the name of the street on his stationery to "Strand", thinking that the name (named after a street in London) would have ...
Dickens on the Strand is an annual Christmas festival organized by the Galveston Historical Foundation in Galveston, Texas occurring the first weekend in December. [1] Established in 1974 and set against the historical backdrop of Galveston's Strand, participants come to witness and relive the Charles Dickens era. Saturday features a parade ...
Wallis, Landes and Company, 2411 Strand, Galveston (1877, Clayton & Lynch, only the storefront remains) [19] St. Patrick's Church, 1013–1027 34th Street, Galveston (1877, Clayton & Lynch) [20] 1878 George Schneider and Company Building, 2101–2107 Strand Street, Galveston (1878, Clayton and Lynch) [21]
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.
In the 1870s and 1880s, Moody worked with other businessmen to develop railroad lines from the island to the mainland and to dredge Galveston's harbor. [1] In 1872 he participated in the founding of the Galveston Cotton Exchange and served as the president from 1877 to 1882, 1884 to 1888, and 1898 to 1900. [2]
Clara Lang Building, 2109 Strand St., Galveston, Texas (1877) – originally four stories, but the upper two were destroyed in the Hurricane of 1900 [8] Galveston Cotton Exchange Building, 2102 Mechanic St., Galveston, Texas (1878) – demolished in 1940 [9] Herman Marwitz & Co. Building, 306 22nd St., Galveston, Texas (1878) [10]
Illustration of L'Amerique aground, from Harper's Weekly, 27 January 1877. During a voyage from Le Havre , France , to New York City , the 4,583- gross register ton screw steamer was stranded on the beach at Seabright , New Jersey between Life Saving Station No. 3 and No. 4 in rain and heavy seas.