1900 Storm Memorial 10-foot bronze

Galveston, Texas, United States

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A bronze memorial by Galveston sculptor David W. Moore, installed on the Seawall near 47th Street in 2000 for the 100th anniversary of the 1900 hurricane, which Visit Galveston says killed more than 8,000 people.

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1900 Storm Memorial 10-foot bronze

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Site-level location · 29.2775° N, 94.7908° W

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The 1900 Storm Memorial is a bronze sculpture on the Galveston Seawall, made for the hundredth anniversary of the hurricane that struck the island on 8 September 1900. Visit Galveston describes the storm as the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history and says it killed more than 8,000 people; Houston Public Media's 2025 report gives approximately 8,000.

The sculptor was David W. Moore. According to the Rosenberg Library, he was born in Galveston in 1921, worked for the family lumber company, learned to sculpt only in 1966 and died in 2001 at the age of 80. The library calls the 1900 Storm memorial the work he is best known for and places it at Seawall Boulevard and 47th Street. Visit Galveston's PastPort trail describes it as a bronze sculpture of a family reaching skyward as waves crash around them.

The memorial sits with two markers. One tells the story of the Seawall, which Visit Galveston says began in 1902 as a 17-foot-high concrete barrier and was completed in 1904 at 3.3 miles. The other marker covers the raising of the island's grade.

A separate 1900 Storm memorial, Hope, by sculptor Doug McLean, was unveiled in 2021 at the new City Hall Plaza on 25th Street; the Galveston Daily News described it as a 9-foot figure interpreting a lost plaster memorial by Pompeo Coppini.

Visit Galveston lists the memorial and the Seawall historical marker together, with paid parking nearby.

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An outdoor bronze beside the Seawall at about 47th Street, with a Seawall historical marker and a grade-raising marker nearby. Visit Galveston says it is reachable by car, bike or on foot, with paid parking nearby and beach access across the street.

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Along the Galveston Seawall near 47th Street; Visit Galveston lists 4894-4930 Seawall Blvd. Public roadside site, reachable by car, bike or on foot, with paid parking nearby.

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