Welcome to Moody Mansion
Moody Mansion is the Travel Channel’s most famous in Texas!
Moody Mansion has been listed as one of the most famous historic houses open for tours in the nation by the Travel Channel. We welcome you to tour the Moody Mansion and enjoy Galveston’s remarkable history.
Restored to its turn-of-the-century splendor, Galveston’s 28,000-square-foot, four-story Moody Mansion was completed in 1895. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior since 1994, and a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark since 1967.
Did You Know? Mary Moody Northen
W.L. Moody, Jr. was among America’s wealthiest individuals at the time of his death in 1954, having built wide-ranging of enterprises based on insurance, banking, cotton trading, ranching, publishing, hotels, and railroads. His eldest child, Mary Moody Northen, inherited the house and businesses, and was hailed as a pioneer among women in business. Northen lived in the house from 1954 to 1983, when damage from Hurricane Alicia dictated a major renovation effort. She was dedicated to preserving her family home and heritage, and she established the Mary Moody Northen Endowment to protect the property, as well as to fund educational and charitable projects benefiting the people of Texas and Virginia.
