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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEA_a-w-sillure-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1912 for Alexander W. and Eva Sillure, this house is representative of the city's early 20th-century architectural heritage. Sillure, general manager and vice president of the Belford Lumber Company, personally supervised construction of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN2O_page-decrow-weir-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1903, this house was owned by a succession of area ranchers. J.M. Page had the home built for his family, but sold it to his brother-in-law Thomas Decrow in 1903. The home was purchased in 1920 by Horace M. Weir, and in the 1930s a polo t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6K_the-womans-club-of-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women's literary club. In 1897 the club was named the "Initial History Club" and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8J_george-washington-glasscock-sr_Georgetown-TX.html
In Memory ofGeorge Washington Glasscock, Sr.For whomthe city of Georgetown andthe Countyof Glasscock, Texas are named.Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810.Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832Came to Texas in 1834 andfought for its independence from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8H_amos-godbey-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1909 by the C.S. Belford Lumber company, this was originally the home of Southwestern University German professor Martin C. Amos (d. 1911) and his family. It was later purchased by another member of the university faculty, chemistry profe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH89_st-johns-cemetery_Georgetown-TX.html
This burial ground is located on the site where the first Swedish Methodist church in the Brushy Creek area was located. In the early 1870s, Swedish immigrants began to settle in this area and by the early 1880s, Pastor C.C. Charmquist and residen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGY7_william-cornelius-dalrymple_Georgetown-TX.html
North Carolina native William Cornelius Dalrymple served in the Texas Revolutionary forces and as a Texas Ranger during the 1830s. He married Elizabeth Wilbarger in Bastrop County, Texas, in 1840, and settled on the San Gabriel River in 1846. He s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGY2_williamson-county-jail_Georgetown-TX.html
In continuous use since 1888. Native limestone. Cost $22,000. Replaced 1848 frame jail, at grand jury request. Financed without a bond issue.
French bastille styling, unchanged in remodeling, at cost of $40,000 in 1934.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGX5_st-johns-united-methodist-church_Georgetown-TX.html
As early as 1871, pioneer Swedish settlers near Union Hill (4 mi. S), also known as the Brushy area, were holding Methodist worship services in homes. In 1882 they formally organized as a Swedish Methodist Episcopal church. The congregation moved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWL_weir-community-cemetery_Georgetown-TX.html
John Breneke (1847-1927) came from Fayette County to purchase 365 acres of farmland here in 1875. Deed records show he set aside two acres for a graveyard, perhaps upon the death of his sister-in-law, Susie B. Kemper (1868-1889), who died in child…