Marker Inscription
Mediterranean style architecture. European materials. Confederate and Federal headquarters in Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
Historical Marker
Ashton Villa
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About this site
Ashton Villa is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 281 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 352 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3002, -94.7930 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sealy, George, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Open Gates, Rosenberg Library, and Oleander Planting in Galveston, Original.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167009924. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Ashton Villa was completed in 1859 for James Moreau Brown, a prominent Galveston hardware merchant and banker, and is considered one of the first brick residences built in Texas. Constructed in the Italianate Victorian style with the labor of enslaved and skilled workers, the three-story house served as a headquarters for both Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War. Saved from demolition by the Galveston Historical Foundation, it opened as a house museum in 1974.
Sources: tshaonline.orgen.wikipedia.org
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