William and Lena
Juneman Smith

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Marker No: 18527

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​29° 18.213′ N, 94° 47.168′ W

Location: ​1709 Ball Avenue, Galveston

Marker Text: ​German immigration in the 19th century contributed to Galveston's growing East End Community. Ties to family were important to residents Ferdinand Louis Juneman (1833-1874) and Dorothea (Dreier) Juneman (1836-1905) who bought lots along Ball Avenue, formerly Avenue H, for three of their children. Identical cottages were constructed at each lot by noted Galveston builder William Pautsch (1834- 1911), with 1709 and 1711 sharing a lot and 1721 on a lot next to Dorothea's house. Lenora Katherine "Lena" Juneman (1871-1945), and her husband Galvestonian William Edis Smith (1872-1940), inherited the house at 1709 Avenue H in 1905 after Dorothea's death. The couple raised three children in the cottage. The house was damaged during The Great Storm of September 1900 but survived. (2016)