Bishop's Palace Victorian Mansion 1892 Galveston Texas

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    The Gresham mansion was made all of stone, and was sturdy enough to withstand the great hurricane of 1900. The Greshams welcomed hundreds of survivors of the hurricane into their home.
    The house was built between 1887 and 1893 by Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton for lawyer and politician Walter Gresham, his wife Josephine, and their nine children. In 1923 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston purchased the house, and, situated across the street from the Sacred Heart Church, it served as the residence for Bishop Christopher E. Byrne. After the diocesan offices were moved to Houston, the diocese opened the mansion to the public in 1963, with proceeds from tours being used to help fund the Newman Center, operating in the basement, serving Catholic students at the nearby University of Texas Medical Branch.
    The home is estimated to have cost $250,000 at the time; today its value is estimated at over $5.5 million.
    The house is owned by the Galveston Historical Foundation and self-guided tours are available daily.

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  • @gladysmorgan5653
    @gladysmorgan5653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As a Galvestonian all of the schools take you on a field trip and this is one of the places they take you . We were told that no nails were used on the floors. There are 15 fireplaces through out the mansion. All of the angels are the faces of the children that belonged to the owner of the mansion of which there were 9. It now belongs to Scared Heart Catholic Church which is located across the street.

  • @jameskennedy60nSoCal
    @jameskennedy60nSoCal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Every detail is perfect. The building was so meticulously and marvelously thought out. It’s simply breathtaking!

  • @SweetPollyPureblood
    @SweetPollyPureblood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    No silly comments or theatrics. Just great camera work. Well done. My dream home. Wow!

  • @jennifercapintog8732
    @jennifercapintog8732 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    FabulousMansion Victoria House ❤ it

  • @sylvievandermotte8580
    @sylvievandermotte8580 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Magnifique demeure. J’adore ❤ merci pour la visite. 🇧🇪

  • @nancyspinks9670
    @nancyspinks9670 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spitcular, one of a kind Victorian home ❤️

  • @jbports
    @jbports 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The slow pans of the interior spaces have make recreating accurate renderings of this home in Sims 4 so much easier. THANK YOU!

  • @scallawagon713
    @scallawagon713 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    originally known as gresham's castle for atty gresham, his wife and 9 children. after approx. 35 or 40 years they sold it to the diocese. sacred heart church was across the street. the bishop lived there til the offices were moved to another city. since 1963 it was open to the public and the church uses the money generated to help fund the newman center at the UT medical school and to keep the house in its beautiful condition.

  • @victorianhomejournal4043
    @victorianhomejournal4043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow! What a blessing to see this. All the colors and decor in this house are perfect! Thanks for uploading this video!

  • @brokenglass849
    @brokenglass849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a stunning house. Thanks for the exceptionally well done video.

  • @ericburkhead6371
    @ericburkhead6371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely a beautiful structure and the detail. They sure don’t build like this anymore!!

  • @juliasouthick2232
    @juliasouthick2232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unbelievable. You have to wonder who the craftsmen were who did all that incredible woodwork. Stunning. Great camera work so that we can really appreciate it.

  • @MariaClara-dn9rm
    @MariaClara-dn9rm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Excellent video! Great camera work, as Susan said. If only architectures as beautiful as this one were still made in our modern times.

  • @susanlee1418
    @susanlee1418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great camera work. Most videos I see they go too fast and you can’t see anything. Fabulous mansion. The woodwork is beautiful. They don’t make houses like this anymore. Thanks for the video.

  • @jasongraham8250
    @jasongraham8250 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An absolute masterpiece.

  • @SpanishEclectic
    @SpanishEclectic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I appreciate your steady camera work and close-ups of the details in each room. As I'm familiar with most aspects of Victorian houses (and I follow League-Kemper House there in Galveston), I'm fine with no audio, as I can't stand the annoying modern music that often accompanies house tours. I love all of the dark wood, and the carvings in this home are really wonderful. So tastefully decorated. Glad to hear it is solid enough to stand up to hurricanes.

  • @AliDrew-ep3zp
    @AliDrew-ep3zp หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beyond a dream house!!!!! Would 😘 be to have seen the rest.

  • @kholbrook203
    @kholbrook203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was an excellent video. I want to thank you for taking this video. I really felt like I was there. I loved how slowly you viewed everything. I hope you do more mansions. Whole different era and life. There is nothing to houses today. Even if you have the money and buy a huge fancy house, they will never come close to the workmanship and materials used in these historic beauties.❤️

    • @Brianls7
      @Brianls7  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I definitely wanted to make sure that I viewed everything slowly and thoroughly so people could take a virtual tour of the house and feel like they were there.
      Sadly yes money can't buy you a house like this today and the craftsmanship and materials needed to make it doesn't exist anymore and it's now a lost art. It's amazing too when you think that the entire house was designed on paper and everything was hand made and was transported through ship, rail, and horses without electricity, computers, and internet. We have all that and can't make a beautiful house like this today. modern design is just sad and lazy. I will probably take videos of other mansions in the future.
      Just in case you didn't notice I did make a video of another mansion in Galveston. The link to it is here th-cam.com/video/nD7i0PfMpjw/w-d-xo.html.
      I also have some extra footage of Bishop's Palace here if you'd like to see some more of the house. th-cam.com/video/DwenfS4Bq1Y/w-d-xo.html

    • @kholbrook203
      @kholbrook203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Brianls7 thank you so much for taking the time to reply and sending the links. I loved the bonus footage and appreciate all you have done to make your videos. I had not seen that other video but just loved those angels on the ceiling. They were beautiful. The workmanship is beyond beautiful. They really took
      Pride in what they did. It took special people to do the things they did. You couldn’t afford to pay anyone to do that craftsmanship today. So beautiful. Nothing compares today from those beauties of yesterday. I look forward to watching your videos. Enjoy your house tours.

  • @Brianls7
    @Brianls7  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey everyone. I've just uploaded a video showing some bonus footage of the house that I didn't include in this video and some footage that I took in the house during Christmas. It shows a nice top down view of the rotunda staircase as well as close up shots of the dining room fireplace mantle and better shots showing the woodwork around the windows and a few extra shots of the library. I'm planning on shooting footage with a new camera better suited to low light and am considering making a documentary explaining the history of this house and Galveston. Until then I'm glad you have enjoyed this video and here is a link to the extra footage th-cam.com/video/DwenfS4Bq1Y/w-d-xo.html.

    • @carollivingston584
      @carollivingston584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Appreciate all the detail! Great job!! Thank you.

  • @zy8542
    @zy8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is amazing. thank you for the wonderful video, and great camera work!

  • @mountopia77
    @mountopia77 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sneaked into the top floor to have a look.
    It was nice too.

  • @VoklstWestie
    @VoklstWestie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its Sooooo me! I want it! I must be an old soul...
    The Saint Theresa, The Little Flower, stained glass window on the Staircase
    Wow, fireplace & pulpit in the Staircase!
    Bravo! Bravo! What a work of Labor, Love & Artistry!
    Thank you for bring it to me! Hope to go there when I get my RV!

    • @Brianls7
      @Brianls7  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh you're not the only one. I also love and prefer Victorian architecture and style and I wish I owned this house.This house to me is basically perfect and I wouldn't change anything as it's built to my tastes exactly. I love the beautiful and ornate dark stained woodwork. I grew up about 15 minutes away from this house and visit it about once a year. Definitely visit it if you can. As good as this video is it simply can't do this house justice. It's so much larger and grander in person. You just have to experience it in person to get the true scale and beauty of it. The ceilings are 15 feet or more high. The top of the dome down to the rotunda staircase floor is 55 feet high. The house is over 19,000 square feet and it actually has a basement as well as fourth floor if you count the basement as floor one plus an attic on top of that. This video only shows 2 of the 4 floors. It's a huge house. Right now you can't enter the top floor because they are doing work on the roof. Otherwise I would have showed that as well. Overall, its an amazing house and you'll love seeing it. There is an nice RV park on Galveston island called Stella Mar as well as several others you may want to check out when you get your RV. I decided to upload a video showing a few bonus clips that I didn't show in this video and also some footage I took there during Christmas. It shoes a nice top down view of the staircase as well as some other things. Here is the link th-cam.com/video/DwenfS4Bq1Y/w-d-xo.html
      I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @ladybug4207
    @ladybug4207 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stunning home and excellent camera work. I really get to admire the detail and not get dizzy with bad filming. Though I do still hit pause to admire further.

  • @lbennhtx6072
    @lbennhtx6072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic video. So well done 👍

  • @jeffreymartin6369
    @jeffreymartin6369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe that style to be Richardsonian, but whatever you call it it’s definitely a Palace. I’ve been there many times and it’s my favorite on Broadway Blvd.

  • @letlive8014
    @letlive8014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be nice for an audio description of certain characteristics of a particular room, anecdotes from the past about the house, room, special features, etc. This would make it more enjoyable, much like a good guide that accentuates what you may see, but not pick up on.

  • @jay_7139
    @jay_7139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best Victorian homes in the greater Houston area!

  • @mrchrischrischrischr
    @mrchrischrischrischr ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this great video. I love how slow you went.

  • @lucianorodrigues4259
    @lucianorodrigues4259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Que lindo palácio! Gostaria de morar nele.

  • @cristiandachelet165
    @cristiandachelet165 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Templo palacio una obra de arte

  • @nole8923
    @nole8923 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would imagine whoever first owned the mansion in the 1890s had rugs on the floor.

  • @pigeon6460
    @pigeon6460 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    素晴らしい文化遺産ですね、いつまでも保存されますように祈ります🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @box4859
    @box4859 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I guess being a Catholic Bishop is a pretty sweet gig. One of the few buildings that survived the 1900 hurricane that killed about 10,000.

  • @mountopia77
    @mountopia77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was there around same time. They didn't allow us to see 3rd floor due to renovation 😢

  • @TheKing-dm3br
    @TheKing-dm3br 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I so wanna build a copy of this house..

    • @Brianls7
      @Brianls7  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel the same way but I doubt this house could be built these days. Money can't buy a house like this now because the quality of craftsmanship and materials doesn't exist anymore. Sadly it's a lost art.

  • @amcgta
    @amcgta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice camera work but you should be explaining everything I like to know the history on it

    • @Brianls7
      @Brianls7  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm seriously considering doing that and making a documentary on Galveston history but I need to do more research first. I need to know more not just about the history of the house but also the architecture and construction of the house. For example two of the fireplace mantels came from worlds fairs and the one in the parlor won first place at the Philadelphia worlds fair. One was made in 1876 and the other in 1886. So there are many interesting things about this house. I'm also planning on upgrading my camera because this house is very difficult to shoot video in as its very dark and mainly lit by windows. So when I get a new camera and finish my research then yes I will try and make maybe a 1+ hour long documentary in very high quality.

  • @jeanbaker2087
    @jeanbaker2087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very little furniture. Of course we are showcasing the house primarily.

  • @PattiBoelsen
    @PattiBoelsen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to see the bishop following his vow of poverty.

  • @marymarina6386
    @marymarina6386 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤❤❤❤wow

  • @Mithras444
    @Mithras444 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone else confused by the fireplace under the stairwell? How does it vent? (Chimney?)😮

    • @Brianls7
      @Brianls7  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a gas fireplace.

  • @icemancometh8679
    @icemancometh8679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know back then the ladies wore corsets and had 22 inch size waists, so I totally understand why there was no need for a kitchen. 😁

  • @sunshinewing5517
    @sunshinewing5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If i were to be rich i would like to buy a house like this

  • @seanohelan8241
    @seanohelan8241 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did it really survive the. 1900 hurricane ???????

  • @meezermom1951
    @meezermom1951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always amazing how the churches who are constantly begging for money and pay no taxes can afford to buy places like this. Yet will not part with funds to help the poor. Religious institutions should not be blowing billions of $$$$$$$ to live like they are better and above everyone else.

  • @OnlyScienceRules
    @OnlyScienceRules หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only a clergyman or a gangster could afford such an estate. You need to steal from the public in order to accumulate such immense wealth. Such estates should be used as schools, orphanages, community homes for the homeless, animal hotels or animal cafes, homes for old people and what have you.

  • @Knightmare919
    @Knightmare919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow it's look like it came form Harry Potter.

  • @chuyjose2073
    @chuyjose2073 ปีที่แล้ว

    My impossible dream y.y

  • @johngroovington9041
    @johngroovington9041 ปีที่แล้ว

    bis videographer

  • @sandragruhle6288
    @sandragruhle6288 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those bishops lived well, didn’t they? On whose dime? This home is ostentatious to the point of absurdity! It really is a vulgar display of wealth. Victorian homes of that era were usually more austere. Some of the wordwork and stained glass are gorgeous, but so much of it? I wonder how many poor people sacrificed to make this happen, and it breaks my heart.

  • @ASilverLining60
    @ASilverLining60 ปีที่แล้ว

    It would have been a much better video if there were some narrative parts to it. To me it's just a video that keeps moving up and down and up and down, from room to room. Ugh! I learned nothing in the first 4 minutes so I clicked off.