The Settlement Historic District - Texas City, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form:

"The Settlement Historic District in Texas City, Texas, is comprised of the historic core of the Settlement community, founded by former slaves in the years after the Civil War. The district is centered on the intersection of North Bell Drive and the 100 block of South Bell Drive, with cross-streets Carver Avenue and Eunice Street, at the west side of Texas City, about three blocks north of Highway 1765, and between three and six blocks west of Highway 3. The district includes four contributing frame residences dating from c. 1887 through the mid-20"' century, one noncontributing residence, and a contributing 1943 brick commercial building. Also included within the boundary is a lot devoid of buildings, but with two large oak trees planted during the period of significance."

Statement of Significance

"The Settlement Historic District features the core of the only independent African-American Reconstruction community in Galveston County, Texas. The community dates its founding in the post-Civil War era and is older than many of the surviving mainland towns and cities in the vicinity. With its roots going back to black cowboys from the Chisholm Trail days of Texas and the period of Reconstruction, it helps tell the little-known story of the saltgrass cattle ranges of the Texas Gulf Coast. The Settlement was annexed into the city of Texas City in 1953, but it retains the character of its earlier days as an independent community. The district is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, in the areas of Settlement and Ethnic Heritage/Black, at the local level of significance."

Street address: Centered on the intersection of North Bell Drive and the 100 block of South Bell Drive with cross-streets Carver Avenue and Eunice Street Texas City, TX USA 775 County / Borough / Parish: Galveston Year listed: 2010 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Ethnic Heritage - Black Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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