Located in the Central Business District, the 1920 City National Bank Building at 2219 Market is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1984) and stands as one of Galveston’s most significant early 20th-century structures.

 In 1907, William L. Moody Jr. founded City National Bank and later purchased the Levy Building at Market and 23rd, where banking operations remained until the completion of a new fireproof building next door, designed by Chicago architects Weary & Alford, which opened on August 12, 1920. 

 The $200,000 structure, built exclusively for City National Bank, features a pedimented portico with Corinthian columns and a barrel-vaulted interior. 

 Moody led the expansion of his family’s multi-million-dollar business empire until his passing in 1954. A year prior, the bank was renamed Moody National Bank in his honor, and after his death, his daughter, Mary Moody Northen, took over the family enterprise. 

 Banking operations remained at this location until 1962, when they moved to the Moody National Bank Building at 2302 Postoffice, where the bank still operates today. 

 In 1972, Northen donated the building to Galveston County, and by 1978, it had become the Galveston County Historical Museum. After Hurricane Ike severely damaged the structure in 2008, museum exhibits were relocated to the Galveston County Courthouse. 

 Galveston County eventually returned the building to the Mary Moody Northen Endowment. Ross Moody later purchased the building and, in June 2020, donated it to the Galveston Historical Foundation.