{"nrhp_refnum":"84001700","name":"House at 2528 Postoffice St.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2528 Postoffice St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.303970983000056,"lon":-94.79707224199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden residence at 2528 Postoffice Street in Galveston, Texas, built about 1886 according to tax records, apparently by a Mollie Walters. It stands on its original site at a northeast corner.","why_significant":"It is the last house remaining in the area of the famous Postoffice red-light district from Galveston's gambling years. The nomination calls it the only surviving document of that strip.","narrative":"This two-story wooden house at 2528 Postoffice Street in Galveston dates to about 1886, when tax records indicate it was built by a Mollie Walters. It has a rectangular plan, a low-pitched hipped roof, two interior chimneys, and rests on brick piers. The south facade has two bays with paired windows and a recessed entrance, with a first-floor porch and a separate porch above the door. The west facade has a centered entrance and a two-story porch with a pediment and remnants of a bracketed cornice. Windows are shuttered. The house is the last one left in the area that formed the Postoffice red-light district during Galveston's gambling years, and the nomination describes it as the only surviving document of that strip. It remains on its original site at a corner now surrounded by vacant lots, and it continues to serve as a residence. A recent repainting brought it into good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Wood vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair condition, used as a residence; the form notes it had just been repainted and now stands in good condition. The surrounding area is fragmented with many vacant lots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.129336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9692/40969207/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001700.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001700/22ddb9dbc6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001700/22ddb9dbc6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_2528_Postoffice_Street,_Galveston_(painted).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_2528_Postoffice_Street,_Galveston_(painted).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969207","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002032"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/house-at-2528-postoffice-st-84001700/"}