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Tours of Downtown

Williamson County Courthouse

July 15, 2008

 
Come visit the award-winning newly restored 1910 Williamson County Courthouse!  The Courthouse boasts intricately beautiful features and a vastly rich history.  Guided tours are available every Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.  Each tour allows for a maximum of 20 people and lasts 35-45 minutes.  Passes are available at the Museum on a first come [...]

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101 W. 7th Street

June 27, 2008

circa 1885.  An early limestone structure with carved cornices stands beneath the modern stucco facade. Early uses of the building included a local lodge meeting hall on the second floor, and a hardware/grocery store and later, the county’s oldest newspaper, the Williamson County Sun, on the first floor. Now city owned, it houses the Georgetown [...]

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103 W. 7th Street

June 27, 2008

circa 1971.  An early wooden structure on this site once housed a restaurant, a barber shop and a pool hall and confectionery, but by 1925 the site was empty. City offices were moved into the present structure in 1971.
103 W. 7th Street

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117 W. 7th Street

June 27, 2008

With its wooden storefront, recessed double-door entry, and decorative metal cornice, this early store typified commercial building traditions of its day. Early records indicate its use as a grocery store, followed by continuous retail and grocery occupation.
117 W. 7th Street

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C.A.D Clamp Buildings

June 27, 2008

Departing from the local tradition of limestone, these buildings feature imported brick facades accented by cast iron columns attributed to F. Heireman, an Austin metalwork company. Originally each featured identical metal hood molds over the windows and crowning metal cornices. A stepped brick parapet later replaced the cornice on 709 Main. Both buildings are owned [...]

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Dimmitt Building

June 27, 2008

circa 1890.  Hand-hewn limestone, cast iron, and pressed metal components were creatively combined in this noteworthy Victorian commercial building. Nameplates from the Mesker Brothers ironworks are visible on the first floor pilasters. The building is still owned by the descendants of the Dimmitt family.
719 Main Street

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Evans Building

June 27, 2008

circa 1902.  Hand-hewn limestone was used to exemplify the Romanesque Revival style, popular in Texas in the early 1900’s. The three-dimensional quality of the richly carved details is a dramatic contract to the utilitarian austerity of the Shaffer Building next door.
713 Main Street

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Founder's Park

June 27, 2008

Williamson County’s first six commissioners met here under a stately oak tree in May 1848 to choose a location for the county seat. George Washington Glasscock offered to donate the land he owned jointly with Thomas B. Huling as a site for the county seat. The land was bounded by the oak tree at one [...]

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Glasscock Block

June 27, 2008

circa 1907.  Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, this block of one-story commercial spaces was completed. The limestone structure featured a plastered front with handsome segmental arched openings.
107-111 E. 7th Street

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Grace Heritage Center

June 23, 2008

9th and Main St.

PO Box 1265
Georgetown, TX 78627
Telephone: (512) 869-8597
Capacity: 85
Cost: $100 Non-members and $85 Heritage Society members
Food: Must be approved.
Other Information: Used for weddings, receptions and small meetings. Call for more information.

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