Harry L. Gold - Georgetown, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 38.254 W 097° 40.633
14R E 626761 N 3390181
A life size bronze bust at the NW corner of Main and Seventh streets created by Lucas Adams.
Waymark Code: WM123EJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2020
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He was the owner of Gold’s Department Store and a local philanthropist who served on the Georgetown City Council for 14 years. He was active in civic causes including the Chamber of Commerce and the Georgetown Public Library.
Bust is displayed on a marble pillar with a plaque on the front. Bust shows a middle aged man with clean shaven face and short hair. He is wearing a suit. His shirt has a tie at the collar.
HARRY L. GOLD
DEC. 12, 1920 - AUG. 8, 1995
"WHO WAS THAT MAN?"PHILANTHROPIST
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
BELOVED FAMILY MAN
WWII VETERAN
MERCHANDISING PIONEER
OWNER OF GOLD'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
50 YR MEMBER OF SAN GABRIEL
MASONIC LODGE AND BEN HUR
SHRINE TEMPLE
CITY COUNCILMAN FOR 14
YEARS, ACTIVE IN
CIVIC CAUSES INCLUDING
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND THE LIBRARY
HARRY EMBODIED THE SPIRIT
OF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
HIS LEGACY LEFT AN INDELIBLE
MARK ON GEORGETOWN.