TARTARIA MAPS Galveston · a catalogue study 8 places, arranged by recorded date Edition 2026-10-09.1 Explore a selection of the city's released records in chronological order. Compare buildings, surviving details, and the source material behind each date. This automatically assembled study is a starting point for your own exploration. A remote or manually navigated catalogue study. The order follows recorded dates, not a pedestrian route; nearby regional places may be far apart. No walking duration is estimated. Check each place's actual location and visitor rules. A catalogue pin does not grant entry or confirm present access. Use the atlas record and linked sources to plan a visit. Automatically assembled catalogue study. Where text is drawn from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies to that text (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Wikipedia article and contributor links are included with each applicable stop. Passages may be excerpted or abridged and include additional editorial date context. Other sources and original observation prompts retain their own terms. Catalogue study: no walking route or distance is estimated. This text guide works without a network connection after you download it. Map links, external sources, and browser narration may require connectivity. No map tiles or audio recording are included. 1. ASHTON VILLA Ashton Villa Built (Galveston Historical Foundation): 1859 · Building Catalogue point: 29.30008, -94.79269 CHAPTER 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. LOOK FOR Which facade details distinguish this pre-Civil War house from the city's later Victorian mansions? ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=site-galveston-ashton-villa&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Villa Galveston Historical Foundation · Ashton Villa historic property https://www.galvestonhistory.org/sites/ghf-managed-properties Federal Aviation Administration · Galveston historic-resources inventory https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/air_traffic/environmental_issues/ared_documentation/Appendix_I_Inventory_of_Historic_Resources_and_Noise_Exposure.pdf 2. ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH St. Joseph's Church Built 1859–1860; dedicated 1860 (historic records): 1860 · Building Catalogue point: 29.29966, -94.79079 CHAPTER Built around 1859–1860, St. Joseph's is a wooden Gothic Revival church with a modest tower and pointed details. It remains one of Galveston's early church buildings. LOOK FOR How does this timber church achieve a Gothic appearance on a smaller scale than the city's stone landmarks? ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=site-galveston-st-joseph-church&detail=1 SOURCES Texas Historical Commission · St. Joseph's Church marker https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507014117 OpenStreetMap via Mapcarta · St. Joseph's church point https://mapcarta.com/21796012 National Park Service / Texas Historical Commission · St. Joseph's Church National Register documentation https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/NR/pdfs/64000835/64000835.pdf 3. GEORGE SEELIGSON HOUSE — 1875 HOUSE George Seeligson House — 1875 house Reported completion / phase: 1875 · Building Address: 1208 Ball Street Catalogue point: 29.3052, -94.7805 CHAPTER Earlier Seeligson house, moved within its block when the family commissioned a larger residence. 1875. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Historical marker location for the relocated Seeligson house. RECORD CONTEXT 1875. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. RECORD CONTEXT Historical marker location for the relocated Seeligson house. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-seeligson-1875&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · Nicholas J. Clayton — works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_J._Clayton Texas Historical Commission · George Seeligson Home historical marker https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5167007181 mapcarta.com · Mapped location https://mapcarta.com/N12403616586 4. ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH St. Patrick’s Church Reported completion / phase: 1877 · Building Address: 3424 Avenue K Catalogue point: 29.2959, -94.80469 CHAPTER Parish church whose nineteenth-century fabric was badly damaged in 1900 and reconstructed with Clayton’s involvement. 1877; reconstructed 1901–1902. Original church completion is reported in 1877. Its later tower and post-storm reconstruction are separate phases; the present form should not be read as wholly 1877. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS OpenStreetMap church location reproduced by Mapcarta. RECORD CONTEXT 1877; reconstructed 1901–1902. Original church completion is reported in 1877. Its later tower and post-storm reconstruction are separate phases; the present form should not be read as wholly 1877. RECORD CONTEXT OpenStreetMap church location reproduced by Mapcarta. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-st-patricks-galveston&detail=1 SOURCES Texas State Historical Association · Nicholas Joseph Clayton https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/clayton-nicholas-joseph Wikipedia · Nicholas J. Clayton — works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_J._Clayton Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive · Chronology of Nicholas Joseph Clayton buildings, 1872–1916 https://texasartisans.mfah.org/digital/api/collection/p15939coll6/id/3180/download Holy Family Parish · Saint Patrick Church https://hfpgb.org/saint-patrick-church-3424-avenue-k-galveston-tx-77550 mapcarta.com · Mapped location https://mapcarta.com/21796636 5. EATON MEMORIAL CHAPEL Eaton Memorial Chapel Reported completion / phase: 1879 · Building Address: 2216 Ball Street Catalogue point: 29.30245, -94.79166666666669 CHAPTER Memorial chapel beside Trinity Episcopal Church, honoring its founding rector Benjamin Eaton. 1878–1879; dedicated 1882. TSHA dates the project 1878–1879; the state marker dates memorial dedication to 1882. Project span is not treated as a measured construction duration. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Published historical-marker position at the chapel, 22nd and Ball. RECORD CONTEXT 1878–1879; dedicated 1882. TSHA dates the project 1878–1879; the state marker dates memorial dedication to 1882. Project span is not treated as a measured construction duration. RECORD CONTEXT Published historical-marker position at the chapel, 22nd and Ball. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-eaton-chapel&detail=1 SOURCES Texas State Historical Association · Nicholas Joseph Clayton https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/clayton-nicholas-joseph Texas Historical Commission · Eaton Memorial Chapel historical marker https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details?atlasnumber=5167007435&fn=print www.hmdb.org · Mapped location https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=58134 6. GREENLEVE, BLOCK & COMPANY BUILDING Greenleve, Block & Company Building Reported completion / phase: 1882 · Building Address: 2310–2314 Strand Catalogue point: 29.306983, -94.794987 CHAPTER Wholesale dry-goods building whose original upper story and roofline were reduced. 1882. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Published point for this building. RECORD CONTEXT 1882. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. RECORD CONTEXT Published point for this building. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-greenleve-block&detail=1 SOURCES National Park Service · Strand Historic District nomination https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/70000748_text City of Galveston Development Services / UNT Libraries · Greenleve Block & Co. at 2314 Strand Street https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1841305/ 7. H. M. TRUEHEART & COMPANY / TRUEHEART-ADRIANCE BUILDING H. M. Trueheart & Company / Trueheart-Adriance Building Reported completion / phase: 1882 · Building Address: 212 22nd Street Catalogue point: 29.306667, -94.7925 CHAPTER Compact commercial office built for the Trueheart real-estate firm. 1881–1882. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Published point for this building. RECORD CONTEXT 1881–1882. Construction start and duration have not been established from the cited sources. RECORD CONTEXT Published point for this building. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-trueheart-adriance&detail=1 SOURCES Texas State Historical Association · Nicholas Joseph Clayton https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/clayton-nicholas-joseph Library of Congress · Trueheart-Adriance Building — HABS TX-291 https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.tx0091.sheet/?sp=1 Wikipedia · National Register listings in Galveston County https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Galveston_County,_Texas 8. BEACH HOTEL Beach Hotel Reported completion / phase: 1883 · Former site Address: Tremont Street at the beach Catalogue point: 29.2889, -94.7886 CHAPTER Large seaside hotel destroyed by fire in 1898. Opened 1883; burned 1898. Opened July 4, 1883. Wikipedia also gives 1882 as a built date; TSHA dates the overall project 1881–1883. No exact construction duration is asserted. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Published coordinate for the lost hotel’s site; approximate rather than a surviving footprint. RECORD CONTEXT Opened 1883; burned 1898. Opened July 4, 1883. Wikipedia also gives 1882 as a built date; TSHA dates the overall project 1881–1883. No exact construction duration is asserted. RECORD CONTEXT Published coordinate for the lost hotel’s site; approximate rather than a surviving footprint. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=galveston-tx&candidate=clayton-beach-hotel&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Hotel_(Galveston) Texas State Historical Association · Nicholas Joseph Clayton https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/clayton-nicholas-joseph Your observations __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________