Tuesday, March 13…continued – While we initially went to Galveston to do the Tree Sculpture tour, we thoroughly enjoyed gawking at all the gorgeous historic homes. The East End Historic District is comprised of over 50 city blocks. The District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and has been designated a National Historic Landmark. The architecture of the East End Historical District reflects a variety of styles and periods, the earliest being examples of Greek Revival style built during the 1850's. Some of the historic homes have plaques in their front yard. We didn’t have any info about the homes, so we will just show you some of our favorite historic homes. They are amazing.
Trube Castle, brick house…1890
Beissner House…1887
Joel B. Wolfe house…1894
George Fox House…not sure of date.
Lemuel C. Burr house…1876
Julius H. Ruhl House…1874
Arthur F. Sampson House…1889
Clarke-Jockusch house…1895
William and Lena Juneman Smith…1905. These shotgun style homes caught our attention.
Many of the homes have been jacked up or are in the process of being lifted up onto piers. They hope to prevent any future flooding.
The colors of so many of the homes are bright and cheerful. Marsha loved see the purples, pinks and bright blues.
Voted by us….least colorful. Rudolph Kruger House…1888
Many homes are being renovated. It is so nice to see people taking pride in their community.
We noticed these plaques on homes by their front door that designate their historical importance. Some are difficult to read.
Marsha loves taking photos of trees. She found this one to be a beauty.
We hope to spend a week in Galveston next year. Marsha wants to pick up the home tour brochure and check out some more of these lovely historic homes.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
What great tour and love your pictures, was not perry when we were there in 2008 right after the hurricane .
ReplyDeleteI enjoy looking at "painted lady" houses but the Arthur F. Sampson House colors hurt my eyes. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you got in Two Tours all in one.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
The Beisner and Fox houses were two of my favorites, too.
ReplyDeleteI love these large mansions, but I can't imagine heating them. My favorite part is the huge porches they all have. Sitting out there in a comfy rocker would be great fun. So glad that many of the houses are bright colors. Certainly adds to the beauty. Not sure I like that much green on the Arthur Sampson house:)
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful homes/mansions, I bet it was even more amazing seeing them in person. I especially like the Wolfe home...wow what a house.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these homes with us.
The pictures of the tree sculptures and the homes are wonderful. We love Galveston and would like to go back and spend some more time. We were there not to long after Katrina - and another hurricane was working its way to Galveston (can't remember the name of it now). We left 2 or 3 days before it was supposed to hit. We were so thankful we did. That was when all of the traffic was backed up on the Interstate leading to Houston, cars ran out of gas, etc. There is just something about Galveston that just draws us back. We plan to head east to Flordia after our time in South Texas next year - we need to include it as a stop along the way.
ReplyDeleteWe love to see the old homes in historic towns like Galveston and Charleston. The money people into restoring them is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe architecture was probably my most favorite thing about exploring Galveston. Although, the birds and beach were right up there too!
ReplyDeleteWe were happily surprised to discover the beautiful old homes in Galveston when we went hunting for the tree sculptures. As you said, it's wonderful to see people restoring and taking pride in these historic homes. I wouldn't want to have to maintain one (can you imagine having to paint it?) but I sure enjoy seeing them.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful architecture. Typically green is my favorite color, but that Arthur Sampson house is a bit garish. Would love to take this tour. LuAnn
ReplyDeleteThat's a good long trek from where you guys are staying, to the island. . .right?
ReplyDeleteI just love the architecture of Galveston, and wish I could talk Dave into buying something on the water somewhere in the vicinity, but he does not want to deal with Hurricane issue. As you can see, with good reason.
So, so many stories to tell, honestly, you guys should plan on doing a month. You know, our friends place in Santa Fe is very reasonable, and only about 1/2 an hour or so from the island, and I believe there is a Historical Homes Tour around Mother's Day every year (although, I'm sure you guys are headed north by then.)
I've done the Mother's Day Tour and the Christmas Tour with my friend Sharon. Fabulous. ..highly recommend either!
Before long you will have seen all there is to see around the Houston area. Galveston is a great little beach town. When you heading north?
ReplyDeleteLooks a lot nicer than when I lived in Houston in the 70's:)
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