Smithville
Bastrop County, Texas
30 00.494' N 97 09.585' W
Grindler's Department Store
What appears to be one large building is really three smaller ones. 211 and 213 are both two-story buildings constructed in 1895. A dry goods store, a furniture store, and the Green Lantern were all here prior to 1932 when United Gas Company took over these buildings and the single-story building at 215. Grindler's Department store was located here for 25 years. The first floor of these buildings have been stuccoed, but the individual strorefronts can still be seen. Source of Information: quot;Smithville Then and Nowquot;, by Valerie Johnson of the SHS