The Heidenheimer Bros. - Marine Building

Built in 1876 by German immigrant Samson Heidenheimer (d. 1891), this building has housed a number of wholesale and retail businesses. According to local tradition, Heidenheimer began business in Galveston prior to the Civil War as a street vendor, and during the war built up a lucrative business by dealing in cotton and blockade running. With his brothers, he opened a wholesale grocery business which operated under various names at this location until 1904. Suderman & Dolson Stevedores, a division of the Morgan Steamship Line, moved here in 1904, and during their occupancy the building was known as the Marine Building. The structure was sold to a New Orleans businessman, who lost it to a Houston bank in 1933. A member of the Heidenheimer family bought the property in 1941, and it changed hands several times in the succeeding years. An important commercial and historic landmark, the building underwent restoration in 1984-85. The two-story structure is of Victorian-era styling, with Italianate hood molds on the second level and ogee arches on the first story. Features include corbelled detail and exaggerated style elements incorporated into the stuccoed masonry. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986

The Heidenheimer Bros. - Marine Building is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3110, -94.7887 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum (museum), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Galveston Immigration Stations, Pier 19, Mosquito Fleet Berth, and Navy of the Republic of Texas.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167007486. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.