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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGMH_h-c-craig-bulding_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1903, this ornate Victorian structure originally housed the furniture store of Hugh Clifford Craig (1850-1938). Craig sold his business to local competitor W.H. Davis in 1906, but retained ownership of the building. In 1936, after the Dav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKP_xi-chapter-kappa-alpha-order_Georgetown-TX.html
This fraternity was founded in 1865 by former confederate soldiers at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, during the administration of Robert E. Lee. XI Chapter was founded at Southwestern University on November 28, 1883, by Alexander S. Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKJ_san-gabriel-lodge-no-89-a-f-a-m_Georgetown-TX.html
Organized in 1851, three years after the creation of Williamson County, San Gabriel Lodge No. 89 was chartered in January 1852 with John T. Cox, a Methodist minister from South Carolina, as Worshipful Master. The lodge grew rapidly with the new co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKI_railroad-produce-warehouse_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1904 by William Pearce to provide storage space for a wholesale grocery company, this building was part of a larger industrial complex. A number of buildings were constructed along nearby railroad lines, including an ice plant and bottlin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKH_williamson-county_Georgetown-TX.html
Created March 13, 1848, and organized by a special committee approved by Gov. George T. Wood and the 2nd Legislature of the State of Texas, with Georgetown designated as county seat. The county was named for Robert McAlpin Williamson (nicknamed "T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKC_southwestern-university-main-building_Georgetown-TX.html
Oldest structure on permanent campus. Planned 1895-97 as chapel, library, classrooms, offices, when the regent (president) was Dr. J.H. McLean (1838-1925); built 1898-1900 under regent R.S. Hyer (1860-1929). From throughout the state came building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJM_the-double-file-trail-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
Laid out about 1828 by Delaware Indians, "The Double File Trail" got its name because two horsemen could ride it side by side. The Delawares carved this trace migrating ahead of expanding white settlements. They moved from what they called "The Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJK_w-c-vaden-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Prominent local builder Charles S. Belford completed this home for Wesley Carrol Vaden and his wife Kate (Lockett) in 1908. Eclectic in design, the residence features Queen Anne styling with classical influences favored by Vaden, a Virginia native…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJJ_john-berry-frontiersman_Georgetown-TX.html
(1786-186) A native of Kentucky and veteran of the War of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana. In 1827 he brought his family to the Atascosito District of Texas. Mexico awarded him lots in Liberty and Mina (Bastrop) when those towns were fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJB_john-mcqueen-taylor_Georgetown-TX.html
Tennessee native John McQueen Taylor came to Texas with his family in 1829 as a settler in the Empresario Grant of Lorenzo de Zavala. Taylor fought in the Anahuac disturbances of 1834 and later, as a soldier in the Texas army, he participated in t…