The Bishop's Palace

Built from 1886 to 1893 by civic leader and U.S. Congressman Col. Walter Gresham and designed by architect Nicholas J. Clayton, this lavish and massive home was a Victorian adaptation of Renaissance style. Its silver and onyx mantel in the music room won first prize in 1886 at the New Orleans Exposition, and Mrs. Gresham painted the murals and ceilings. In 1923 the Catholic Diocese bought the home and made one room into a chapel with stained glass windows. It became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967.

Galveston, Texas · United States