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Built about 1870 by M.E. Steele on the site of an early log hotel, this is one of Georgetown's oldest commercial structures. During Steele's ownership it housed a mercantile and a bank. Emma Dickman Makemson later operated a hotel here from the early 1900s until 1924. Exhibiting influences of the Italianate style, the building features a truncated roof, corner entry, ornate frieze below the roofline, and finely crafted stonework. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988
Steele Store-Makemson Hotel Building is a historical marker in Georgetown, Williamson County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 241 historical markers documented in Williamson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 448 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.6365, -97.6782 near Georgetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Farmers State Bank Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Williamson Museum, In Memory of Robert Jones Rivers, and In Memory of George Washington Glasscock, Sr..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013881. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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