2221 DURAND AVE

2221 DURAND AVE

Racine

Racine

1962

2015

small retail building

Contemporary

Concrete Block

No

This one-story, Contemporary-style commercial building is constructed of concrete block. The west portion of the building is topped with a flat roof and includes an overhead garage door along the Kearney Avenue elevation. The Durand Avenue/north elevation includes a human-scale entry, as well as a series of four, tall-and-narrow windows. A rectangular and flat-roofed block devoid of fenestration connects to a largely glass-enclosed wing that is tipped with a low-pitched, hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves.

This building was erected circa 1962 and served for more than forty years as the Sheridan Woods Floral Shop, which was operated by George Scripko. Scripko was born in Racine in 1932 and graduated from Washington Park High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Air Force, after which he was employed as a clerk in “The Flower Shop” in Racine. He attended the Chicago Floral School of Design, after which he started his own flower business. After forty years of running his shop, he retired in the 1990s, after which the building was occupied by Pfisters Pflowers. Currently, the building serves as a beauty salon.

Assessor’s information for 2221 W. Durand Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Available online at www.assessordata.org, Accessed in May 2015. Information from this site noted a 1964 date of construction; however, it was listed in the Racine City Directory by no later than 1962; Racine City Directory, 1960-1964; “George T. Scripko,” Obituary, Racine Journal-Times, 25 November 2008, Available online at http://journaltimes.com/news/local/obituaries/george-t-scripko-racine/, Accessed in May 2015. The business is located in the Sheridan Woods subdivision, after which the business was named.

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