Ashton Villa, Victorian mansion in Galveston, Texas, United States.

Ashton Villa is a red brick mansion at the corner of 24th and Broadway in Galveston, built in 1859 in the Victorian Italianate style. Its symmetrical facade has a shallow gabled roof with a triangular pediment over the entrance, and two full-width cast-iron verandas with ornate railings and columns. Tall narrow windows with white trim and dark shutters sit behind them, and a central double door with a fanlight is reached by steps. The brick walls are thirteen inches thick, and the interior follows a central hall plan.

Colonel James Brown built this mansion in 1859, making it among the earliest brick structures in Texas. Its sturdy construction allowed it to survive the devastating 1900 hurricane that swept through the coastal region.

Each Juneteenth, a prayer breakfast and memorial begun by state representative Al Edwards in 1979 is held on the grounds, with a historian reading General Order No. 3 while portraying Major General Granger from the balcony. A 9-foot bronze statue of Edwards, "Unknown Legislator," was dedicated here on June 19, 2006, holding up the 1979 law making Juneteenth a Texas state holiday.

The house stands at the corner of 24th Street and Broadway, and the 1900 grade raising left its basement filled with sand and the grounds two feet higher, so the entrance steps now rise from raised soil. The Juneteenth prayer breakfast and memorial celebration, begun by Al Edwards in 1979, is held on the grounds each June 19.

No historical evidence supports the claim that Granger read General Order No. 3 from Ashton Villa; the order was read at the Osterman Building, the Custom House and Reedy Chapel. Since 1979 the grounds have hosted an annual Juneteenth prayer breakfast, where a historian portrays Granger speaking from the balcony.