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Old Broom Factory Building

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Mays Street at Main St., Round Rock, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 30' 32.775768", -97° 40' 39.130464"
 
    Texas State
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     Erected in 1876. Victorian-style building has ashlar-cut limestone front with stepped parapet and keystone arches. During prosperous railroad era, housed Round Rock Broom Company (1887?-1912), an important local business. (Broom made here won a gold medal at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.) Building also housed general store, furniture store, school, skating rink, and car repair shop. Roger Burleson, owner, preserved structure, 1969. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Old Broom Factory Building Historical Marker Location Map, Round Rock, Texas