Lesesne-Stone Building
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(The KGTN Building) This limestone commercial structure was built in 1884 to house the Sanders & Lesesne Drugstore. It remained in use as a pharmacy for the next 76 years. William D. Nichols operated the drugstore from 1887 until 1892. In that year, Dr. Thomas B. Stone acquired the business, which was known as Stone's for more than 50 years. The Georgetown landmark, which exhibits Italianate influences, features arched windows and a pressed metal cornice. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In the 1880s Georgetown was a growing Central Texas county seat, and its limestone commercial blocks reflected a new prosperity. This Italianate storefront, raised in 1884, housed a drugstore that served townsfolk for three-quarters of a century, passing from Sanders & Lesesne to the long-running Stone's pharmacy. Its arched windows and pressed-metal cornice mark the era's confident Main Street architecture.
Why it matters
Small-town drugstores were community anchors, and surviving 19th-century storefronts like this preserve the texture of everyday commercial life in a maturing frontier county seat.
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Related people
- · Thomas B. Stone
- · William D. Nichols
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