The maps

Historic Maps of Galveston, Texas

Reconstructed maps of downtown Galveston from 1899 and 1912, pieced back together from the original survey sheets. Each shows every building drawn on its lot, street by street, across the wharves and the historic Strand district — one from the year before the 1900 Storm, one from the city rebuilt after it.

Judge it yourself

The detail, up close.

Each panel below is a live window on the survey — drag around and read the names. Website images stay far below print resolution; the complete reconstructed maps, at full sharpness, only ever exist on paper.

Cotton Exchange & Galveston News · 21st (Centre) St, 1899
Crystal Majestic Theatre & Elks' Home · 22nd St, 1912
Tremont Hotel & the liveries · 23rd (Tremont) St, 1912