{"nrhp_refnum":"79002945","name":"Kempner, Daniel Webster, House","other_names":["Las Palmas"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2504 Ave. O","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.293379961000028,"lon":-94.79287215199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story frame residence at 2504 Avenue O in Galveston, Texas, built in 1907-1908 in a Spanish Colonial Revival manner and designed by architect Sir Alfred C. Bossom. It is also known as Las Palmas.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine example of the eclectic revivalism common in the early twentieth century, and as a deliberate break from Galveston's Victorian-era mansions. It is also valued as the work of Sir Alfred C. Bossom and for its ties to the Kempner family, prominent in Galveston business and civic life. Many original furnishings and interior appointments remain.","narrative":"Built in 1907-1908 at 2504 Avenue O in Galveston, this two-and-a-half story house was designed by New York architect Sir Alfred C. Bossom, who was English-born and trained. It is a frame building with textured stucco walls, a red clay tile roof, Doric-capped porch columns, and stepped, curvilinear parapeted gables with rose window motifs. Inside are a marble-floored entry hall, a Rococo style living room, a Murano glass chandelier, a 7,000 bottle wine cellar, and a ship's bilge pump installed because of hurricane concerns. A carriage house with greenhouse and a former cow barn stand on the grounds. The house represents a conscious move away from Galveston's Victorian styles. It was the home of Daniel Webster Kempner, a banker and cotton businessman who served as American Red Cross Field Director during World War I, and his wife Jean Bertig Kempner, a leading civic organizer. Many of the family's furnishings and collections remain in place.","period_of_significance":"1907-1908","architect_builder":"Sir Alfred C. Bossom, architect, R.I.B.A. (b.1881-d.1965)","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence in good condition; altered, with the dormer window changed in 1961 after damage from Hurricane Carla.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.722586-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/9720/40972018/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002945.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000539","name":"Silk Stocking Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/silk-stocking-residential-historic-district-96000539/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972018","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/kempner-daniel-webster-house-79002945/"}