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RAZED
IN TEXAS
HOUSTON FEDERAL POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE, 1888
GALVESTON CITY HALL, 1888 | 
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| | HOUSTON
FEDERAL POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE, 1888 TE
Postcard post-mark dated 1908
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| Post
office on the bottom, courthouse on top. Public reaction to this building was
mixed. Critics said it was too Oriental to be a federal building. Employees entered
on Fannin Street, the public on Franklin. Date
of razing unknown. |
| | GALVESTON
CITY HALL, 1888 Postcard
post-mark dated 1911 |
| A
French Renaissance Revival building. Alfred Muller architect. At one time the
Galveston Market occupied the bottom. Damaged in the great storm of 1900, the
staircase, tower and entire third floor were removed. After a new city hall was
built in 1916, the building was used as both a fire and police station. Razed
in 1966. | | |
