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Item Title
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Location3601 Avenue P,
Galveston, TX
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS TX-297
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-164).
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an important figure in the colonial period of Texas, serving as Stephen F. Austin's secretary in colonial affairs. Most important, however, Williams and his partner, Thomas F. McKinney, with great personal sacrifice, secured money of their personal loan for the government of the Republic of Texas and thereby insured the success of that government which at the time was without funds and unable to secure loans. Williams was also Texas' first banker, opening the Commercial and Agricultural Bank in 1847, and a leading pioneer businessman.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. PRINCIPAL (EAST) SIDE
2. VIEW OF PRINCIPAL (EAST) AND NORTH SIDES FROM NORTHEAST
3. SOUTH SIDE
4. INTERIOR VIEW OF MANTEL AND HEARTH
5. INTERIOR VIEW OF CENTRAL STAIRWAY
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