Galveston Orphans Home
Galveston Orphans Home in 2012
Galveston Orphans Home is located in Texas
Galveston Orphans Home
Galveston Orphans Home
Galveston Orphans Home is located in the United States
Galveston Orphans Home
Galveston Orphans Home
Location1315 21st St.,
Galveston, Texas
Coordinates29°17′50″N 94°47′19″W / 29.29722°N 94.78861°W / 29.29722; -94.78861
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectAlfred Muller
Architectural styleRenaissance, Eclectic
NRHP reference No.79002943[1]
RTHL No.7458
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1979
Designated RTHL2015[2][3]

Galveston Orphans Home, also known as Galveston Children's Home, was founded in 1878 by George Dealey (1829-1891)[4] and moved to this location in Galveston, Texas in 1880. The original Gothic revival building was constructed from 1894-1895 with funding from Henry Rosenberg. It was destroyed by the storm of 1900 and newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst hosted a charity bazaar at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City to raise funds for a rebuild. It was completed in 1902. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1979.[5] It is located at 1315 21st Street.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Galveston Orphans Home ~ Marker Number: 18286". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 2015.
  3. ↑ "Galveston Orphans Home" [Galveston in Galveston County, Texas - The American South (West South Central)]. HMDB.org. The Historical Marker Database.
  4. ↑ "GALVESTON CHILDREN'S HOME" Diana J. Kleiner, Handbook of Texas Online June 15, 2010 accessed April 13, 2014. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  5. ↑ "Galveston Orphans Home ~ NHRP: 79002943". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.

Further reading

Samuel Butler Graham and Ellen Newman, Galveston Community Book: A Historical and Biographical Record of Galveston and Galveston County (Galveston: Cawston, 1945). S. C. Griffin, History of Galveston, Texas (Galveston: Cawston, 1931). Marker Files, Texas Historical Commission, Austin.

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