Old Dimmitt Building
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N 30° 38.193 W 097° 40.615
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This medallion and plate marker is mounted on the corner column at the building entrance on Main Street on the courthouse square in Georgetown.
Waymark Code: WMP84W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2015
Views: 7
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Dimmitt Building, Old
Address: 801 N Main
City: Georgetown
County: Williamson
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 13920
Marker Text:
Associated with Texas pioneers, businessmen, statesmen, writers. Erected 1901 as a hotel by P.H. Dimmitt & Co. Later occupied by mercantile stores -- meeting place for families and friends from Williamson County communities.
Georgetown's first movie house, then auto agency; later a drug store, dental office, bus depot.
Remodelled 1960 by Georgetown Savings & Loan Association, preserving Spanish arches, columns, and turrets of native stone.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
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