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Galveston, Texas | $799,000

An 1888 Queen Anne Revival house with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot

This house is in the Silk Stocking Historic District, where the streets are lined with palm trees and well-preserved homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is within walking distance of a bagel shop, a CVS drugstore, a hardware store and a public library.

Driving to the city’s pier, to Stewart Beach, on the Gulf of Mexico, or to Galveston Historic Seaport, which has a maritime museum and several waterfront restaurants, takes about five minutes. Texas A&M University at Galveston is 10 minutes away. Houston is an hour’s drive.

Size: 3,078 square feet

Price per square foot: $260

Indoors: A white picket fence with a gate encloses the front yard. Beyond, a path crosses the lawn, stepping up to a covered entry adorned with original wood trim.

The front door opens into a long foyer with an original staircase and hardwood floors. Off one side of the foyer are a family room and a parlor used as a home office, linked by original wood pocket doors. Off the other side is a living room linked by pocket doors to a dining room. At the end of the foyer is a sunroom with access to a full bathroom and a wood deck.

The kitchen, at the back of the house, has brick floors, stainless steel appliances and access to a laundry room.

All four bedrooms are on the second floor, reached from the stairs in the foyer. The primary suite has French doors that open to a private balcony and a bathroom with a claw-foot soaking tub, penny-tile floors and subway-tile wainscoting. The smaller bedroom next door is currently used as a nursery. On the opposite side of the landing is a bedroom with enough space for a king-size bed. The fourth bedroom, which faces the street, has an en suite bathroom.