File:E.S. Levy Building -- Galveston, Texas.jpg
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English: Originally the Tremont Opera house, some of the walls were retained when it was re-designed as the E.S. Levy department store in 1896. It was built for E.S. Levy & Co. and Ed S. Levy. It's a five-story commercial building. It was originally built to have retail space on the first floor and offices above. The original retail located in the building E. S. Levy Company, a men and boys clothing store. E.S. Levy remained in the building until 1917. The ground floor was then occupied by Woolworth's became the ground floor tenant until 1923. A local clothing store, Ben Doherty and Co., leased the ground floor from 1921-1933. George W. Robertston's furniture company and its succession businesses and proprietors, Robertson-Shaw and Silkensen-Shaw, were the ground floor tenants from 1934 until the early 1950s.
The upper floors have been occupied by various tenants including the National Weather Bureau. After 1908, the Levy building was owned and occupied by various interests of W. L. Moody, Jr. (1865-1954), a prominent and extremely successful Galveston financial magnate and entrepreneur. One of the major tenants was the National Hotel Corporation, formed by Moody in 1927 and its headquarters and offices were located on the third floor of the Levy building until the 1980s. The building was renovated in 2001 and now has retail space on the first floor and residential apartments above. was built in 1896. The building is a five-story commercial building. It was originally built to have retail space on the first floor and offices above. The original retail located in the building E. S. Levy Company, a men and boys clothing store. E.S. Levy remained in the building until 1917. The ground floor was then occupied by Woolworth's became the ground floor tenant until 1923. A local clothing store, Ben Doherty and Co., leased the ground floor from 1921-1933. George W. Robertston's furniture company and its succession businesses and proprietors, Robertson-Shaw and Silkensen-Shaw, were the ground floor tenants from 1934 until the early 1950s. Currently the levy building is used as a coffee shop where you can bring your pet in. |
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| Author | Jim Evans |
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 03001163. |
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| current | 15:08, 21 January 2021 | | 2,458 × 2,109 (1.75 MB) | Jim Evans | Redo |
| 02:00, 19 January 2021 |  | 2,753 × 1,970 (1.65 MB) | Jim Evans | perspective improvement | |
| 20:05, 26 February 2020 |  | 2,880 × 2,358 (2.38 MB) | Jim Evans | User created page with UploadWizard |
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