Missing for a long time

Found this while hitting a few geocaches on our anniversary trip to Galveston. My husband had to take time to read the historical marker and we took some pictures.

Put a few miles on this one, took it to Stewart Mansion right on the coast in Galveston!

Stewart Mansion

On the Heritage at Risk List for 2007 Stewart Mansion, on the list since 2004, was built in 1926 as a West End retreat for George Sealy, Jr. and his family. Eventually owned by the Stewart family, this Spanish Colonial Revival style house overlooks Lake Como. The mansion has been once enlarged and suffers now from deterioration, but many original features such as the tiled courtyard are still intact. The current owners have plans for restoration but at this time it remains vacant.

Laffite's Cove was named after its predecessor, the pirate Jean Laffite, who ousted Galveston's original residents, the friendly Karankawa Indians, in a famous battle on the ridge overlooking Oak Bayou (the Stewart Mansion property). It is believed by treasure hunters that Jean Laffite buried his vast treasure on grounds west of the Mansion, although no treasure has ever been found.

His larger than life mural can be seen along with two other pirates, on the wall of the living room in the Stewart Mansion. It has been said that at night these murals often change places on the walls.

Moving this one to the Houston area!

Dropped at an FTF on the way to the Franklin Downtow Festival

Visited a CITO

Took to a CITO

Visiting today, then off to CITO tomorrow

Getting it started