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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM279_granger-high-school_Granger-TX.html
Established in 1887, the Granger Common School District built three earlier school buildings (1887, 1906 and 1914) on this site before this structure was erected in 1924-25. A good example of institutional design of the period, the building featur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26R_granger-city-hall_Bartlett-TX.html
Erected in 1908-09, this building originally housed Farmers State Bank, the second banking institution founded in Granger. The bank closed in 1926 and the building became the Granger City Hall in 1929. An architectural hybrid of the late 19th cent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25S_granger-brethren-church_Granger-TX.html
Czech Protestant immigrants began settling in this area in the early 1880s. Many of them established family farms in the rich farmland surrounding Granger.
The Czechs first organized worship service was held in a schoolhouse east of town in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U_georgetown-high-school-building_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1923-24 on the original site of Southwestern University, this structure served as Georgetown High School for over fifty years. Designed by Austin architect Charles H. Page and exhibiting influences of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24B_georgetown-fire-house-and-old-city-hall_Georgetown-TX.html
Designed by C.I. Belford and constructed in 1892 by C.W. Schell, this building originally housed the mayor's office, city council chambers, city jail, fire department, and the Georgetown Water Co. Over the years, it also has served as a meeting pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23F_george-irvine-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Scottish native George Irvine (1841-1936) built this two-story frame home for his family in 1886. The founder of the Irvine Brothers Lumber Co. (later the Belford Lumber Co.), Irvine was a civic leader who served on the school board, the city coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Z_g-w-riley-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built 1872 by the Rev. S. J. Lane, chaplain, Southwestern University; founder, First Methodist church, Georgetown. Bought 1903 by the Rev. George W. Riley (1853-1925), a grandson of Llano County Indians' 1859 victim, the Rev. Jonas Dancer.
G. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Q_founding-of-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
According to local tradition 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, Sr., later joined them and offered to donate land he owne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RV_fore-cemetery_Georgetown-TX.html
Wiley Fore and his family came to this area from Alabama in 1883. The Baker community had been started two years earlier by Fore's nephew, Robert Baker, and his family. Soon after his arrival Fore organized the Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RM_first-united-methodist-church-of-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
Founded in 1849 as Georgetown Mission, organized 1874 but still served then by circuit riders. This church acquired a resident pastor in 1879. Original building was erected in 1881-82 on the Southwestern University campus.The present church struct…