circa 1870 to 1911
800 S Austin
Steele Store
- Makemson Hotel Building
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Historical Maker text
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
