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Galveston

Ashton Villa

Standing · Built (Galveston Historical Foundation): 1859

Surviving Italianate mansion at 2328 Broadway.

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Ashton Villa

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Surviving Italianate mansion at 2328 Broadway.

Galveston, TX

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Built (Galveston Historical Foundation)
1859
Status
Standing
Reported style
Italianate
Reported architect
Not listed
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  1. 1859

    Built (Galveston Historical Foundation)

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Records & events

Category
Building
Construction records
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Blueprints & paperwork
Not yet established

Damage & destruction

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The recorded story

Built in 1859, Ashton Villa is an Italianate mansion with a richly detailed facade. It remains one of Galveston's prominent pre-Civil War buildings.

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Which facade details distinguish this pre-Civil War house from the city's later Victorian mansions?

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Historic-resource coordinate (FAA inventory): 29.30008, -94.79269

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