Historical Marker

Old Dimmitt Building

Marker installed: 1965

Associated with Texas pioneers, businessmen, statesmen, writers. Erected 1901 as a hotel by P.H. Dimmitt & Co. Later occupied by mercantile stores -- meeting place for families and friends from Williamson County communities.

Georgetown's first movie house, then auto agency; later a drug store, dental office, bus depot.

Remodelled 1960 by Georgetown Savings & Loan Association, preserving Spanish arches, columns, and turrets of native stone.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965.