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6 | Mitchell Historic Properties ing further tolls in loss. The grandeur and glory of so much history increasingly de- clined into a state of disrepair. Bill Ross, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mitchell Historic Prop- erties, helps explain what so many in Galves- ton already know. “That Galveston’s treasure of historic architecture would have all but been lost if not for the lead and example set by the Mitchell family.” More than 30 years ago, George and Cyn- thia Mitchell gazed upon the dilapidated condition of Galveston’s once distinguished, downtown, and determined to do some- thing about it. They led the charge for a his- toric preservation campaign modeled after a similar initiative in Savannah, Georgia, that ultimately saved so many structures which Hotel Galvez & Spa is the only historic beachfront hotel on the Texas Gulf Coast.