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English: This historic house was built in 1870 by Charles Albertson in the Lost Bayou section of the current San Jacinto historical district. Albertson was a cotton buyer active in Galveston until 1900. The great storm of 1900 left the house seriously damaged, but still standing. In 1903, Ben Blum bought and remodeled the house, and divided the property with this wing of the house moved east and closer to the street. Blum rented the east wing, supplying rented living space for the population influx to Galveston. The two-story house is a classic example of post-civil war southern town house architecture with octagonal columns and bracketed eaves.
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Author Jim Evans
Camera location 29° 17′ 44.1″ N, 94° 47′ 13.96″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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Albertson Home in Galveston, Texas USA

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14 December 2019

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