Quigg-Baulard Cottage
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The Quigg-Baulard Cottage was originally built by William and Josephine Quigg in 1867. The wooden house with clapboard siding includes five-foot brick piers. The front exhibits Greek revival features, characteristic of mid-19th century Galveston. A rear extension was added by 1871. French immigrant Victor J. Baulard purchased the home in 1875 and extensively added to the building in 1887. The Baulard family owned the property until it was purchased by Texas philanthropist Mary Moody Northen in 1962. The Mary Moody Northen Endowment was responsible for a comprehensive restoration that was completed in 1991. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2016
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1867 by William and Josephine Quigg, this clapboard cottage on tall brick piers shows the Greek Revival details characteristic of mid-19th-century Galveston. French immigrant Victor J. Baulard bought the home in 1875 and greatly enlarged it in 1887, and his family held it until 1962, when Texas philanthropist Mary Moody Northen acquired it. Her endowment completed a comprehensive restoration in 1991.
Why it matters
It preserves the immigrant residential fabric of post–Civil War Galveston and a later era of Texas historic preservation.
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Related people
- · William Quigg
- · Josephine Quigg
- · Victor J. Baulard
- · Mary Moody Northen
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