J. L. Patterson Building - Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District - Dripping Springs, TX - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

The building features rusticated, coursed limestone blocks that extend up the wall to the tall front parapet. On the front elevation are twin storefronts, each with narrow wood and glass double doors, sidelights, and tall divided-light transoms. Above the storefronts is a wood-framed awning supported by thin curved wood brackets. The awning has a corrugated metal roof.

J.L. Patterson moved to Dripping Springs from Hutto, Texas, in 1903. In 1906, he built a one-and-a-half-story limestone-block building similar to the substantial A. L. Davis Store across the street. Patterson opened a general merchandise business on the ground floor; the half-story above the first floor was a mezzanine. The Pattersons sold the store to P.A. Glosson and his wife, Annie, in 1914. The store changed hands many times until O.S. Brumley Sr. took over the business as Brumley Cash Grocery, which operated through the 1930s. On July 21, 1938, a fire gutted the building. It was rebuilt later that year as a one-story building. It is a contributing resource in the historic district.