| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. ROUND WINDOW AND SHORT ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS ON 3RD FLR.
2012- "The Young Block is a two and one-half story building with a main elevation facing of medium-tan bricks with cream brick side and rear walls. The building has an intact simple classical cornice and features brick corbelling suggesting brackets. On the main elevation, the upper windows are round-arched and about half the size of second story windows. The second story windows are tall and filled with single-light sashes. Shallow brick pilasters are the only other decoration on the building's main elevation. The first floor double storefront has large glazed show windows, a metal entry door, and metal overhang. The storefront bulkhead has been removed. There are segmentally-arched openings along the south wall, including a side entrance into the first story.
This building appears to have been constructed in 1902 on the site of one of the longest-lived commercial businesses in Darien. In 1858, Delos Williams came to Darien and opened the village's first drug store, probably on this site. He also operated a grocery store in the building. Williams owned this property until 1900, when it became the property of R. S. Young, who had married Williams' daughter and took over the business. Tax roll research indicates that Young re-built or heavily remodeled the building in 1902, which corresponds to its main elevation details. Young operated a grocery and drug store until the 1940s, when the business was sold to 1 Darien Bicentennial Committee, A History of Darien, Aliens Grove, and Fairfield (Darien, WI: Darien Bicentennial Committee, 1976), 6; Ginny Hall, Walking Around Darien (Lake Geneva, WI: Friends of the Lake Geneva Public Library, 2004, 6; Tax Rolls for the Village of Darien, on file in the Area Research Center of the H. A Dodge & Son. It was converted into a focery store that was still operating in 1976. The upper floors were used as a Masonic Temple."
-"Request for SHPO Comment and Consultation on a Federal Undertaking", Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright, Historic Resources Consultant, (2012). |
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