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Item Title
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
LocationTwentieth & Post Office Streets,
Galveston, TX
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS TX-259
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-163).
Building/structure dates:
1861 initial construction
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city in Texas during the nineteenth century and most of the imported commercial goods entered the state through this port. The business community of Galveston, composed chiefly of wholesale concerns, furnished the trade goods for all of Texas, Indian Territory, and parts of Louisiana and New Mexico.
Subjects
OfficesCustoms Houses
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Harry L. Starnes, Photographer July 27, 1936 NORTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS.
2. PRINCIPAL (NORTH) SIDE
3. PRINCIPAL (NORTH) AND WEST SIDES
4. REAR (SOUTH) AND EAST SIDES
5. DETAIL OF PROJECTING LOGGIA ON WEST SIDE
6. DETAIL OF INTERIOR CENTER STAIRWAY
7. Photocopy of original plan and elevation of the building by Ammi B. Young, architect. Taken from Plans of Public Buildings in Course of Construction for the United States of America under the Direction of the Secretary of Treasury. 5 vol., Washington, 1855-56. It is available at the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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