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The Isaac Heffron House is a two-story building located at 1509 Postoffice Street (Avenue E) in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas. The house was built by Isaac Heffron, a prominent Galveston contractor in the Victorian period and during the city's recovery from the 1900 Galveston Hurricane .
How big is the Smokecreek House fire today | 8:37 a.m. The Texas A&M Forest Service incident Viewer is reporting the fire remains at 850,000 acres with 3% contained.
The U.S. Custom House survived the Civil War and various disasters including the 1885 Galveston Fire, the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Hurricane Carla in 1967, and a boiler explosion in 1978 that resulted in the closing of the second floor for almost two decades. Although these events required extensive repairs and renovations, the U.S ...
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The Beach Hotel was a seasonal resort in Galveston, Texas. Designed by architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was built in 1882 at a price of US$260,000 (US$8.47 million in today's terms) to cater to vacationers. Owned by William H. Sinclair, the hotel opened on July 4, 1883, and was destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1898. [1] [2] [3]
The impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill. The accident ...
In 1859, Williams' children sold the house to a family friend, Philip C. Tucker, and it became known as the Tucker House. [10] [15] The same year, Galveston received train service to the mainland; three times a week people could travel via train to Houston. [12] A fire in the 1890s destroyed the cupola and damaged some of the second story ...
In April, a retired Milltown, Mont., man lost his 100-year-old two-story home after a fire at a neighbor's house spread to his. He's pursuing an insurance payout from the neighbor's insurance. "I ...