Albert Kuhn Memorial Pergola - Kempner Park, Galveston, TX
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N 29° 17.586 W 094° 47.726
15R E 325606 N 3241796
Constructed in 1911 in honor of a member of the Garten Verein (Garden Club) and restored in 1981 by the grand daughter of another member of the Garten Verein.
Waymark Code: WMWJR3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2017
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From the Galveston Historical Foundation
"The pergola north of the dancing pavilion, designed by Donald N. McKenzie, was built in 1911 in memory of Albert Kuhn, a charter member and director of the Garten Verein, the person responsible for the property’s landscaping. He died in 1910 from injuries suffered during an assault."
The pergola consists of Tuscan columns and paneled end piers of reinforced concrete supporting a grid of widely spaced rafters with tailed ends.
A plaque about the 1981 restoration reads:
Arbor Restoration
In Kempner Park
Funded by a gift from
Constance Tidemann Fonvielle
In Memory of Grandparents
Henry & Pauline Wilkens
Who were Charter Members
Of the Garten Verien
And Parents
Karl & Paula W.Tidemann
May 1981