​Old Dimmitt Home

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Marker No: 13921

Medallion & Plate

National Register of Historic Places

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 30.632883, -97.686424

Location: 921 West University (SH 29)Drive, Georgetown

Marker Text: ​Built in 1866 by John Jones Dimmitt; of native limestone hauled in by ox-drawn wagons.
 Home of prominent citizens in Georgetown over 100 years.
 Dimmitt - a surveyor, lawyer, mathematician, linguist, one time county attorney, and partner in building of Georgetown railroad was civic leader: instrumental in getting Southwestern University moved to Georgetown.
 Preserved since 1948 by Dr. and Mrs. R.W. Gamble. (1967)