East End Historic District Residence

Galveston, TX

"The Palms on Turk Point"

"The Palms on Turks Point" is the permanent home of Lois and Bob Robinson. The house was designed by The Eubanks Group Architects and built in 2006 by Oceanwood Homes. It was inspired by Bahamian plantation houses, with mullioned windows, pastel color and a jumble of facets, gables and arcades. Although new, it is intended to look as if it had been in place for a hundred years. Inside the house, there is a long list of interesting features you will want to look for.

Entry into the house is via a grand three-story staircase. On the main floor one arrives into a large living-kitchen-dining-entertainment room, which on one side opens onto an enormous wrap-around deck and onto a cozy screened-in porch on the other. Additional features of the main floor include, his and hers home offices, a media room, a large powder room and a walk-in pantry which opens onto the neighborly back porch and back stairs.

Take the oversized elevator with the glass door upstairs to the guest bedrooms - the romantic Mardi Gras Suite and the adventurous Safari Suite. Also upstairs is a luxurious master suite complete with a sumptuous bathroom featuring a spectacular Gulf view, a midnight snack kitchen and a private "star gazers" deck. From the deck one can see the Gulf, Jamaica Beach and the bay.

On the ground floor check out the hobby room, double garage, golf cart garage or take a rest at the Tiki bar.

But don't miss the picnic park in the backyard, complete with an aviary housing 16 parakeets, a croquet lawn, a vegetable garden and fruit orchard.

Unseen, but very much a part of the house, is a music and video system piped throughout the house and a state-of-the-art video surveillance security system.