IkelHeimer and Company Building - Galveston, TX
Posted by: jhuoni
N 29° 18.302 W 094° 47.499
15R E 325993 N 3243113
Postoffice Street, (yes, it is one word) is now the heart of Galveston's Arts District.
Waymark Code: WM11Q3G
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2019
Views: 3
Historic photos from:
Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Property, Photograph], photograph, Date Unknown; University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History crediting Texas Historical Commission.
Lead Photo (Photograph THC_14-0862)
Second Photo (Photograph THC_14-0863)
Third Photo (Photograph THC_14-0864)
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Today the ground floor is home to Vargas Cut & Catch
Vargas Cut and Catch is the latest venture by restaurateur, Paco Vargas and his family. Located in the heart of Galveston's historic downtown district, Vargas Cut and Catch is a contemporary Steak House serving USDA Prime Steaks and the Freshest Seafood available.
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From the City Council Planning and Development Division
City of Galveston
January 26, 2017
SAINT GERMAIN PLACE
2102~2104
POSTOFFICE ST.
Saint Germain Place formerly known as the Jacobs Building
and originally known as the IkelHeimer and Company Building
built in 1898. The building was built for local businessman
Mark Max as a Commercial income property. The Architect
was famed George B. Stowe. The three-story late-Victorian
building was designed with a corner turret, a flat roof and
dozens of tall arched windows. Beautiful granite columns and
a wide balcony spanning the exterior of the second floor.
Ikelheimer & Company Building
1898, George B. Stowe
The Galveston-born architect George B. Stowe
contributed to the transformation of Postoffice Street
in the 1890's with the three-story building for the
investor Marx Marx. It was Stowe's first major
downtown building, and it led Marx to commission him
the next year to design Galveston's first "skyscraper",
the six-story Improvement Loan & Trust Company
Building (1900, demolished 1955) at 2228 Postoffice
and Tremont. Tan brick and classical colonnettes mark
Stowe's academic aspirations. But the chamfered corner
tower with its conical cap is a vestige of Victorian
picturesqueness. The building was remodeled for use
as residential apartments in the early 1990's. New
ground-floor facades were installed that were intended
to be compatible with the historic fabric of the building
as stated in Galveston Architecture Guidebook by Ellen
Beasley and Stephen Fox.