edges of the Strand is the Post Office district, known for its antique galleries, art galleries, the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, and the Grand 1894 Opera House. Closer to the water is Pier 21, which has daily showings of the movies The Great Storm of 1900 and The Pirate Island of Jean Lafitte, the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum, and the Texas Seaport Museum with tall ship Elissa. The Strand sustained significant and catastrophic damage from the storm surge of Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008, prompting the National Trust for Historic Preservation to add the district to the 2009 list of America's Most Endangered Places. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Galveston County References Further reading Howard Barnstone, The Galveston That Was (New York: Macmillan, 1966). Virginia Eisenhour, The Strand of Galveston (Galveston, 1974). Charles Waldo Hayes, Galveston: History of the Island and the City (2 vols., Austin: Jenkins Garrett, 1974). David G. McComb, Galveston: A History (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986). External links The Strand's web site WaybackMachine Dickens on the Strand Texas Seaport Museum, with information on the tall ship Elissa Handbook of Texas Online entry for the Strand Culture of Galveston, Texas National Historic Landmarks in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Galveston County, Texas Tourist attractions in Galveston, Texas Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas