Hotel Galvez
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Galvez Hotel
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The Hotel Galvez in 2006
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| Location | 2024 Seawall Blvd Galveston, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°17′33″N 94°47′10″W / 29.29250°N 94.78611°WCoordinates: 29°17′33″N 94°47′10″W / 29.29250°N 94.78611°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| NRHP reference # | 79002944 |
| RTHL # | 7494 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 4, 1979 |
| Designated RTHL | 1980 |
The Hotel Galvez is a historic hotel located in Galveston, Texas, United States that opened in 1911. The building was named the Galvez, honoring Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, for whom the city was named. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1979.
Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham Worldwide grand Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Galveston civic leaders planned on building the Galvez Hotel in 1898 after a fire destroyed another large hotel (the Beach Hotel) on Galveston Island. After the Hurricane of 1900, the plans accelerated in order to draw tourists back to the island. The hotel was designed by Mauran, Russell & Crowell of St. Louis, Missouri using a combination of Mission Revival and Spanish Revival styles. The hotel opened in June 1911 at a cost of $1 million.
On October 3, 1940, the Galvez Hotel was acquired by William Lewis Moody, Jr. During World War II, the hotel was occupied by the United States Coast Guard for two years and rooms were not rented to tourists. The Galvez's importance to the local economy was restored after the war, particularly during the late 1940s and early 1950s when gambling was popular in Galveston. However, when the illegal gambling industry was shut down in the mid 1950s by the Texas Rangers, the local economy became depressed and the Galvez deteriorated.
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