File:House at 2528 Postoffice Street, Galveston (painted).jpg
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English: Two-story wooden residence; rectangular with low-pitched hipped roof; two interior chimneys; S. facade is 2-bay with paired windows and recessed entrance; attached porches on first floor, separate one over door 1 W. facade has centered entrance with 2-story porch with pediment and remnants of bracketed cornice on side; windows are all shuttered; house rests on brick piers.
This is the last house remaining in area that was the famous Postoffice red-light district during the years Galveston was a wide open town -- gambling, prostitution, crooked authorities, any vice you can think of. It is the only surviving building of the strip. Tax records indicate that it was built about 1886 by a Mollie Walters, the madam of this bordello. This house is on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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| Author | Jim Evans |
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 84001700. |
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| current | 15:01, 3 June 2021 | | 2,774 × 2,034 (2.1 MB) | Jim Evans | touchup |
| 01:54, 2 June 2021 |  | 2,774 × 2,034 (2.09 MB) | Jim Evans | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
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