Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace

Name: Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace
Start: 2025-02-08T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-08T12:30:00-06:00
Location: 1892 Bishop's Palace

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1892 Bishop's Palace | Galveston, TX

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of Mexico.
Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. The Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours are the best opportunity the public has to view all floors of the historic property.