SPECIAL EVENTS

Galveston Historical Foundation will present the 37th Annual Galveston Historic Homes Tour Saturdays, May 7 and 14, and Sundays, May 8 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year’s Coastal Style tour includes 9 houses featuring a variety of styles from an 1871 Gulf Coast Cottage to a traditional Craftsman Bungalow built in 1924. As visitors tour the homes they will hear about Galveston’s unique and eclectic architecture styles and the influential and everyday citizens that built the houses that still stand today.

Numerous separately ticketed special events are also being held in conjunction with the Galveston Historic Homes Tour including the First Impression Preview Sunset Tour, Moonlight and Martinis at the Garten Verein Pavilion, the 7th annual Linen and Lace Mother’s Day Brunch, Basement to Attic Behind the Scenes Tours of Bishop’s Palace, Bike through History, Sally Wallace Preservation Awards and the Antique Treasures Preview Party and Sale. Tickets for the 2011 Historic Homes Tour as well as all special events will be available online at www.galvestonhistory.org.

Click here for details about the 2011 Tour special events.

Click here to see descriptions for the homes on the 2011 Tour. 
Click here for a 2011 Tour MAP.

Galveston.com & Company, creators of the official website of Galveston Island tourism and marketing, is pleased to announce a major technological advance just in time for the 37th Galveston Historical Foundation Homes Tour.  Tour attendees visiting both the full HTML  and mobile versions of galveston.com will enjoy a fully-interactive tour experience for the first time ever on Galveston Island.  Visitors to the mobile site will be able to view images and descriptions of each home, as well as enjoy fully-interactive Google maps based on their current location. You can easily access all information for the Tour from the front page of the mobile site.

Pictured above: Lemuel and Julia Burr House, 1876. Location: 1228 Sealy, Galveston, TX.