Houses and mansions in Galveston
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Galveston register is houses than any other kind of building, 20 listings of it in all.
13 stops, 1.8 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Steffens–Drewa House Complex2701, 2705, and 2709 Ave. OBuilding · listed 1988start
- 2Sealy Hutchings House2805 Ave. OBuilding · listed 1994411 ft from stop 1
- 3Daniel Webster Kempner House2504 Ave. OBuilding · listed 19790.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Grand Opera House2012-2020 Ave. EBuilding · listed 19740.3 mi from stop 3
- 5Galveston Orphans Home1315 21st St.Building · listed 19790.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Sweeney-Royston House2402 Ave. LBuilding · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 5
- 7George Sealy House2424 BroadwayBuilding · listed 19690.2 mi from stop 6
- 8Ashton Villa2328 BroadwayBuilding · listed 1969264 ft from stop 7
- 9Willis–Moody Mansion2618 BroadwayBuilding · listed 19940.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Quigg-Baulard House2628 BroadwayBuilding · listed 2015146 ft from stop 9
- 11Henry Beissner House2818 Ball Ave.Building · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 10
- 12Galveston US Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse25th St. and F Ave.Building · listed 20010.2 mi from stop 11
- 13House at 2528 Postoffice St.2528 Postoffice St.Building · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 12
1.8 straight-line miles over 12 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 13 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Galveston
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Guidebooks to historic places in Texas
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.