Williamson County
Historical Commission

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Old Dimmitt Building

Historical Marker Georgetown Texas


circa 1901
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801 Main Street
(on the square downtown Georgetown)

GPS coordinates
Latitude: 30.63647 by Longitude: -097.676888
UTM Zone: 14
Easting: 0626820 - Northing: 3389854

 


  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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