Ashton Villa is a fully restored, historic home located on the corner of 24th and Broadway in Galveston, Texas, United States. Constructed in 1859, it was one of the first brick structures in Texas built by slaves.

1859 Ashton Villa, the first of Galveston’s great Broadway mansions, has long been at the center of the Island’s social life. The home’s original first-floor interior rooms, with their elegant architecture and gold filigree, have been the site of stylish entertainment since before the Civil War, and, newly restored from the damage ...

Built by James M. Brown, Ashton Villa was the first of many. Not only was it the first house to ever be built on Broadway Boulevard, but it was also the first mansion to be built on the island and one of the first private brick residences in Galveston. Construction of the house began in 1858. It was a gift for his wife, Rebecca Ashton Stoddard.

B uilt in 1859, Ashton Villa was the first of many buildings built by James M. Brown. Not only was it the first house to ever be built on Broadway Boulevard, it was the first mansion to be built on the island and one of the first private brick residences in Galveston.

1994年11月1日 · Ashton Villa, an earlybrick structure in Texas, is located on Broadway in Galveston. It was built in 1859 by James Moreau Brown , who by the late 1850s had developed the largest hardware store west of the Mississippi.

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On September 8, 1900 the brick walls of Ashton Villa were tested as a massive hurricane hit the island of Galveston, Texas. The storm is still the deadliest natural disaster on record in the United States.

Built in 1858-59, the first of Galveston's Broadway "palaces," as well as the first brick house to be built in Texas. The artistic and eccentric Miss Bettie Brown was mistress of the manor, and her life-size paintings still adorn the showy Gold Room.

One of over 200 historical markers on the island, this marker is located at the 1859 Ashton Villa former home of James Moreau Brown. The marker was erected in 1967 by the Texas Historical Commission.

Ashton Villa, operated by the Galveston Historical Foundation, is now the site of Galveston's annual Juneteenth celebration, which includes a parade down Martin Luther King Boulevard. The Galveston Island Visitor Center is located in the carriage house of Ashton Villa.