1875 - Heidenheimer Bros. Marine Building - Galveston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 18.405 W 094° 47.511
15R E 325976 N 3243303
The Heidenheimer Bros. Marine Building is located at the corner of 21st Street and Mechanic.
Waymark Code: WM10JMD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2019
Views: 2
The text from the missing Texas Historical Marker at this location tells:
Built in 1876 by German immigrant Samson Heidenheimer (d. 1891), this building has housed a number of wholesale and retail businesses. According to local tradition, Heidenheimer began business in Galveston prior to the Civil War as a street vendor, and during the war built up a lucrative business by dealing in cotton and blockade running. With his brothers, he opened a wholesale grocery business which operated under various names at this location until 1904.
Suderman & Dolson Stevedores, a division of the Morgan Steamship Line, moved here in 1904, and during their occupancy the building was known as the Marine Building. The structure was sold to a New Orleans businessman, who lost it to a Houston bank in 1933. A member of the Heidenheimer family bought the property in 1941, and it changed hands several times in the succeeding years. An important commercial and historic landmark, the building underwent restoration in 1984-85.
The two-story structure is of Victorian-era styling, with Italianate Hood molds on the second level and ogee arches on the first story. Features include corbelled detail and exaggerated style elements incorporated into the stuccoed masonry. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986
Year of construction: 1875
Full inscription:
1875
Hiedenhiemer
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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