{"nrhp_refnum":"94000410","name":"Willis-Moody Mansion","other_names":["Moody Mansion and Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2618 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.299471483000048,"lon":-94.79616984799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Richardsonian Romanesque mansion at 2618 Broadway in Galveston, Texas, built between 1893 and 1895 for Narcissa Willis and designed by local architect William H. Tyndall. It now operates as the Moody Mansion and Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mansion as a fine example of late Victorian Romanesque architecture, with original interiors designed by the New York firm Pottier, Stymus & Co. It is also tied to the Willis family's prominence in Galveston commerce and to the later Moody family ownership. A restoration after Hurricane Alicia in 1983 returned it to its 1890s appearance.","narrative":"Built between 1893 and 1895 on Broadway, Galveston's most fashionable street, this four-story mansion was commissioned by Narcissa Willis, widow of merchant and banker Richard S. Willis. Local architect William H. Tyndall designed it in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with rounded arches, turrets, heavy limestone trim against pressed brick, a wide porch and a porte-cochere. The New York firm Pottier, Stymus & Co. designed the interiors, giving each first-floor room its own style, from Rococo to Colonial Revival. W. L. Moody, Jr. bought the house in 1900 and later finished the ballroom around 1910. Hurricane Alicia damaged the house in 1983, and a seven-year restoration followed, using research, paint analysis and plaster castings from original molds. The house opened as the Moody Mansion and Museum in April 1991. The nominated property covers the mansion and its three lots; the pergola and the lost outbuildings are not included.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Tyndall (architect); interiors by Pottier, Stymus & Co. of New York","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque (Richardsonian Romanesque)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored over seven years after Hurricane Alicia (1983) and opened to the public as the Moody Mansion and Museum in April 1991; currently used as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.026723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9720/40972008/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000410.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000410/074debc5c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000410/074debc5c5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_William_Lewis_Moody_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_William_Lewis_Moody_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972008","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/willis-moody-mansion-94000410/"}