Marker Inscription
A Scotsman, Robert Naismith (1859-1939), founded the Central Manufacturing Co. in a two-story building on this lot in 1893. Using equipment originally powered by steam, he supplied and repaired machine parts for the Belton area. The company also did iron work and blacksmithing and each summer cleaned the city water supply standpipe. Two of Naismith's sons, Robert and Willie, operated the business until 1961. They then made the property available for a city hall, as their father had earlier requested. (1977)
About this site
Central Manufacturing Co. is a historical marker in Belton, Bell County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 226 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 411 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0550, -97.4621 near Belton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Belton Farmers' Gin Coop (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store, Belton Farmers Co-op Gin, and Bell County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5027004925. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
