Smithville
Bastrop County, Texas
30 00.515' N 97 09.573' W

Masonic Temple
George E. Dickey, a Houston architect, designed this three-story commercial building for the J. Nixon Lodge of the Masons. The all-brick building was completed in 1903 and is the tallest building in Bastrop County. The Masonic Lodge met on the third-floor until 1973. The second floor rooms were offices. The first floor was occupied by John Haynie's grocery store (1905-1930), a furniture store, an auto supply, and clothing designer Patricia Wolf. There are loft apartments on the second and third floors, and a restaurant on the first. Source of Information: quot;Smithville Then and Nowquot;, by Valerie Johnson of the SHS