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- Dickens on the Strand
Historic Downtown Galveston
Saturday, December 5 at 10:00am
Galveston Historical Foundation Author Kurt D. Voss, former director of GHF’s Texas Seaport Museum, will be on hand at a Nov. 21 reception in Galveston to sign copies "Galveston's The Elissa." The reception includes a lecture by Voss and unveiling of a new Elissa photo exhibit at the museum. The reception is scheduled at 6 p.m., Nov. 21, at the Texas Seaport Museum, Pier 22 and Harborside Drive, Galveston.
Galveston Historical Foundation It's a Bird..It's a Plane..No It's Bishop's Palace with new exterior lights! Take a drive down Broadway or Seawall and see Bishop's Palace!
A couple new articles shed new light on trends in the housing market:The AIA issued a report detailing the recent growth in the green building movement. There's been a 50 % increase in cities with green building programs in the just the last two years...
We're making progress on the Green Revival project and getting ever-closer to the house move. We've cleaned up the lot at the corner of Ave. Q and 31st St., removing a few dead trunks and overgrown shrubs. Happily, we've retained the two beloved oak trees...
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Galveston Historical Foundation is Texas' oldest, and USA's second largest, local preservation organization, with nine museums and properties, annual Historic Homes Tour, and Victorian Christmas festival 'Dickens on the Strand'.
Found a good tool by the EPA to tell you about your energy sources depending on where you live.Interesting data from Galveston, where our energy is better than the national average in terms of emissions rate, but well behind in our use of renewable resources...
Galveston Historical Foundation We will be hosting a book signing for Heather Green Wooten author of the newly released, “The Polio Years in Texas, Battling a Terrifying Unknown” on Thursday, November 12th, 5:30-7:00pm, at the Menard House.
Galveston Historical Foundation Check it out! New book just released on ELISSA! Buy yours today!
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Galveston Historical Foundation is Texas' oldest, and USA's second largest, local preservation organization, with nine museums and properties, annual Historic Homes Tour, and Victorian Christmas festival 'Dickens on the Strand'.
We've completed our first Integrated Design Team meeting for the Green Revival project.Our team includes (from left):Lauren Scott of UTMB and the GHF Preservation Outreach CommitteeMeMatt Farragher, Tsar Preservation Resource CenterKeiji Asakura of AsakuraRobinson CompanyDavid Murrah of Contects,...
Galveston Historical Foundation This album will highlight the items we have for sale at our Architectural Salvage Warehouse (ASW) We are open on Wed and Saturdays from 9 to 12, then 1 to 4. These pics are only a small sample of what we have in the shop so come and see us. For questions contact Matt Farragher at matt.farragher@galvestonhistory.org
As part of our ongoing effort to offer training on all things Green, GHF has partnered with Alternative Power Solutions to organize a "lunch and learn" at the Salvage Warehouse (908 23rd St.) on Tuesday, November, 17...
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Galveston Historical Foundation is Texas' oldest, and USA's second largest, local preservation organization, with nine museums and properties, annual Historic Homes Tour, and Victorian Christmas festival 'Dickens on the Strand'.
Energy Audits are Your Best First Step Towards Better Energy EfficiencyAs a part of our National Trust for Historic Preservation http://www.preservationnation.org/, Partners in the Field grant programming the Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF) has partnered with Standard Renewable Energy (SRE)...
