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Interested in information covered in this episode? Dive deeper into the links below! :
Coppersmith Inn: https://coppersmithinn.com/
Morgan Steamship Line: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/morgan-lines

Transcript:
The Carnes home, now known as the Coppersmith Inn, is located at 1914 Avenue M. This wonderful home completed construction in 1887. Howard and Minnie Carnes purchased the lot shortly after the great fire of 1885. The Carnes Home was one of the first homes constructed on this Street, on the edge of Hitchcock's Bayou.

Throughout 1885, Hitchcock's Bayou was eventually filled in with dredge mud in order to elevate and expand livable lots on the island. The historic district in which the Bayou was filled in is now known as the Lost Bayou District. The Carnes Family Home was designed by famed Galveston architect Alfred Muller and constructed at the cost of $5,000.

Howard Carnes earned a good salary as he worked for the Morgan Line, a steam packet shipping line that ran cargo between Galveston, New Orleans, and New York. The Morgan line eventually transferred Howard Carnes to Mexico, And in 1894, the home was sold to Paul and Bridget Shean. 

Paul was an Irish immigrant and Coppersmith. The Sheans moved to Galveston from New Orleans in 1872 and quickly developed his coppersmith business into a multifaceted mill and plumbing manufacturing business. This business was one of the first to have a telephone in the state. 

The home survived the 1900 storm with little lasting damage. Avenue M, within a few blocks of 19th Street, held up very well during the disaster. The material from the destroyed homes between the beach and Avenue M piled up to create a wall that protected the homes on Avenue M from being battered by the hurricane waves. 

Paul Shean's Coppersmith business ran strong even after he died in 1915. The home was left to his wife, who li

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