Swanky Trailer Park was one of the lesser known trailer parks of Galveston, Texas. This news article will explain what Swanky Trailer Park was. Swanky Trailer Park was also known as Swanky Inn Trailer Park. Their phone numbers were 713-744-7372 and 409-744-9159.
Between the armpit of 61st Street and I 45 was once a miniscule trailer park called Swanky Trailer Park was one of the lesser known trailer parks of Galveston, Texas which only locals knew about. Swanky Trailer Park first appeared in an advertisement in the local newspaper in 1960. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/30130876/)
Swanky Trailer Park allowed furnished mobile homes to rent their lots for a price of $150 monthly plus deposit. Many of these trailers were air-conditioned. The phone number for Swanky Trailer Park was 713-744-7372. Swanky Trailer Park was located at 6401 Broadway. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17208464/)
Swanky Trailer Park later moved to where Blue Bayou Mobile Home Park is today around the 1976-1977 fiscal year. Exactly when is unknown.
A beer distributor called Lone Star Distributing Co. (Lone Star Distributing Company) used this property from 1976 to 1980. Lone Star Distributing Co first used this property in 1976. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10176660/)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS WITH THE TEXAS LIQUOR CONTROL ACT THAT LONE STAR DISTRIBUTING CO. HAS MADE APPLICATION FOR A CLASS B WHOLESALERS PERMIT TO BE LOCATED AT 6401 AVENUE J., CITY OF GALVESTON, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND OPERATED UNDER THE TRADE NAME OF LONE STAR DISTRIBUTING CO. PUBLISHED 8-21, 8-22, 1980
Galveston Beverage Co. began using the property in 1985 after Lone Star Distributing Co. relocated and had moved to a different location elsewhere. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13528667/)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE, THAT GALVESTON BEVERAGE CO., INC. OFFICERS: LEONARD E. VAN OVER, PRES. WILLIAM K. STOUDT, VICE-PRES., SECY-TREAS. HAS MADE APPLICATION FOR A LOCAL CLASS B WHOLESALER'S PERMIT TO BE LOCATED AT 6401 AVENUE J, CITY OF GALVESTON, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND TO BE OPERATED UNDER THE TRADE NAME OF GALVESTON BEVERAGE CO., INC. THE STATE OF TEXAS
Charges for noncompliance have were filed in municipal court against three trailer parks which were Swanky Trailer Park, Celli Mobile Home Park, and West Oak Mobile Home Park. Swanky Trailer Park was located at a new location which was 6327 Broadway. This meant Swanky Trailer Park had relocated sometime in the 1980s. Exactly when is unknown. They moved to where Blue Bayou Mobile Home Park is today. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13336408/)
Galveston Beverage Co. changed their name to STOUDT DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF GALVESTON in the middle of 1992. Galveston Beverage Co. had voluntarily dissolved on May 14, 1996. (Ref: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tx/0062636900)
Swanky Trailer Park was located at 6401 Broadway, Galveston, Texas, US 77551 and 6401 Avenue J, Galveston, Texas, US 77551. That was their first location.
Their second location was 6327 Broadway, Galveston, Texas, US 77551 and 6327 Avenue J, Galveston, Texas, US 77551.
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