Douglas General Mercantile

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Douglas General Mercantile
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Location100 Main St., Smithfield, Utah
Coordinates 41°50′03″N111°49′54″W / 41.83417°N 111.83167°W / 41.83417; -111.83167 (Douglas General Mercantile) Coordinates: 41°50′03″N111°49′54″W / 41.83417°N 111.83167°W / 41.83417; -111.83167 (Douglas General Mercantile)
Arealess than one acre
Built1883
NRHP reference # 82004113 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1982

The Douglas General Mercantile, at 100 Main St. in Smithfield, Utah, was built in 1883 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Smithfield, Utah City in Utah, United States

Smithfield is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,495 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 11,014 in 2014. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the second largest city in the area after Logan, the county seat. Smithfield is home to Sky View High School.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It is a two-story building constructed of rubble stone, brick, coursed sandstone, and wood. It is 35 by 65 feet (11 m × 20 m) in plan. [2]

Its National Register nomination describes its importance:

Built in 1883, the Douglas General Mercantile Store is locally significant as the oldest remaining commercial building in the town of Smithfield, Cache County, Utah. The town was founded in October 1859 as part of Cache Valley, which was itself settled in 1856 during the first stage of the Mormon colonization of Utah. William Douglas, who operated the store, began business in Smithfield in 1865, obtaining goods from the East and wholesaling them throughout the area. In 1883, when the building was constructed, it was one of only three such establishments in the town, and remains as the only physical structure tied to Smithfield's early commercial history. The building has been associated with the commercial activity in the town through the firms of Douglas Mercantile, James Cantwell & Son, and the Union Merc Company since 1883. In addition, the building is the second oldest mercantile building identified to date that is located outside Utah's heavily populated area known as the Wasatch Front, which comprises four of Utah's twenty-nine counties. The oldest building is the Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building constructed in 1871 [...]. Also, the building gains added importance in the history of Smithfield because of its unique construction, the only one of its type in the town. Stone was used for the rear and two side walls in a rubble construction technique, while brick was utilized on the upper half of the facade and coursed sandstone for the lower half. Thus, the building represents the use of four different building materials as wood was also utilized. [2]

Cache County, Utah County in the United States

Cache County is a county on the northern edge of Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 112,656. Its county seat and largest city is Logan.

Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building historic commercial building in Ephraim, Utah, United States

The Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building is a historic commercial building in downtown Ephraim, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1980 it was owned by the American Legion Dept. of Utah, and had signage for being the Earl S. Harper Post 58 of the American Legion. [2]

American Legion U.S. war veterans organization

The American Legion is a U.S. war veterans' organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is made up of state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, and these are in turn made up of local posts. The legislative body of The American Legion is a national convention, held annually. The organization was founded on March 15, 1919, at the American Club near Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, by members of the American Expeditionary Forces, and it was chartered on September 16, 1919, by the U.S. Congress.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 ohn McCormick; Diana Johnson (1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglas General Mercantile". National Park Service . Retrieved May 11, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1980