Smithville
Bastrop County, Texas
30 00.502' N 97 09.581' W

Dickson Building
This building was designed by George P. Cook and built by J.B. Garrett in 1896 for H.J. Dickson. A number of drug stores have been here including Trousdale's and Smith's. A local radio station was located on the second floor in 1930s. Stucco has covered the brick work since the 1950s but the north side has a mural of a locomotive, one of several fine murals in the Smithville downtown area. Lyndon Johnson was visiting Smithville when he complained of stomach pains. The soda jerk at Trousdale's Drug Store gave him a bottle of Pluto Water (an antacid). However, Mr. Johnson was later taken to Austin for an appendectomy. Source of Information: quot;Smithville Then and Nowquot;, by Valerie Johnson of the SHS