Steele Store-Makemson Hotel Building
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This medallion and plate is mounted on the wall of the building at 8th and Austin Ave. in Georgetown.
Waymark Code: WMP8BX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2015
Views: 8
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Steele Store-Makemson Hotel Building
City: Georgetown
County: Williamson
Subject Codes: inns, hotels, motels; markets, merchantiles
Year Marker Erected: 1988
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 8th and Austin Ave
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 13881
Marker Text:
Built about 1870 by M.E. Steele on the site of an early log hotel, this is one of Georgetown's oldest commercial structures. During Steele's ownership it housed a mercantile and a bank. Emma Dickman Makemson later operated a hotel here from the early 1900s until 1924. Exhibiting influences of the Italianate style, the building features a truncated roof, corner entry, ornate frieze below the roofline, and finely crafted stonework.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988
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