Downtown Georgetown
Build It Up Wilco
Decorative Features
Miscellaneous
100
What art style are many of the buildings in downtown Georgetown?
Beaux Arts Style
100
What type of open-sided shelter was the earliest one built by settlers to the county?
Brush Arbors
100
What is this molding called?
Egg and Dart Molding
100
What is the name of Georgetown and Williamson County's most famous historic builder?
Charles S. Belford
200
When was the museum built?
1910
200
What material was the first Williamson county courthouse made out of?
Wood/Log Cabin
200
Symmetry was popular. What does symmetry mean?
If you were to fold a building in half, both sides would match.
200
In the past, there was a chicken hatchery on the square, true or false?
True
300
Why are the doors so wide on the Shafer Saddlery building?
So that horses could walk through them.
300
What type of house was popular in rural areas and separated the kitchen from the main living area to help with heat?
Dogtrot houses
300
What material did Mesker brothers use to create their building facades?
Pressed Metal
300
What is preservation?
To maintain something in its original state. (ie: We keep the buildings looking how they did when they were built)
400
What number Courthouse are we on?
5th
400
What was something local builder, Charles S Belford, known for that his workers probably would have been annoyed by?
He made them build to very exact specifications or they would have to tear down and start again.
400
What type of dome is this?
Onion Dome
400
Name a popular metal used on buildings and in domes in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Copper
500
Many of the buildings downtown are made of what type or stone?
Limestone
500
What type of granite can be seen in the exhibit (it can also be found in the county courthouse and the Texas State Capitol)?
Sunset Red Granite
500
What is the name of the Statue on the topic of the Courthouse?
Themis or the Goddess of Justice
500
Name one of the architecture styles that influenced the Beaux Arts style?
French, Greek, or Roman