Charles Adams House - Galveston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 17.824 W 094° 47.512
15R E 325958 N 3242230
Sometimes, if you don't like what you see all you have to do is look another way. In 1921, the owners did just that. Turned the house by 90 degrees.
Waymark Code: WMZ0PC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2018
Views: 1
From the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form:
Silk Stocking Residential Historic District
CHARLES ADAMS HOUSE 2314 Avenue M Date: c.l860
Charles Adams commissioned the earliest extant house in the district about 1860. Built in the vemacular center passage form, the 2-story dwelling features full facade double galleries graced by colossal order classical columns. Drawing inspiration from local examples including the Galveston Custom House (1854-61; NR 1970) and the George Ball House (1857), such vemacular interpretations of the Greek Revival style remained popular in the district into the 1870s. In 1921 the house was tuned from its original Tremont (23rd) Street frontage to face Avenue M in an effort to escape the commercial redevelopment along that street.