Key Number:	HS 9626
Site Name:	A. Y. Young Drug Store / Fort Discount Centre
Other Names:
Site Type:	0409 - Mercantile/Commercial: Specialty Store or Shop

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			9	26	4

Address:	210 - 24 Street
Number:	10
Street:	24
Avenue:	2
Other:
Town:	Fort Macleod
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View	Source

Architectural

Style:
Plan Shape:	Rectangular Short Facade
Storeys:	Storeys: 2
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Concrete
Superstructure:	Brick
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Flat
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:	Massing of Units: Row, Non-Related, Intermediate Wings: None Number of Bays - Facade: First or Ground Floor, 3 Bays Wall Design and Detail: Entablature Wall Design and Detail: Plain Parapet Plain Eaves Roof Trim Material - Verges: None Dormer Type: None Chimney Location - Side to Side: Side Right Chimney Location - Front to Rear: Centre Chimney Stack Material: Brick Chimney Stack Massing: Single Roof Trim - Special Features: None Window - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Voussoirs Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: None Window - Sill Type: Plain Lug Sill Window - Sill Material: Stone Window - Number of Sashes: Two, Double Hung Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Window - Special Types: Round Main Entrance - Location: 2 or More (Facade) Main Entrance - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Voussoir Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: None Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Main Entrance - Number of Leaves: 1 Main Entrance - Number of Panels Per Leaf: 3 Main Entrance - Leaves - Special Feature: Glass Main Stairs - Location and Design: None Main Stairs - Direction: None Main Porch - Type: None Main Porch - Special Features: None Main Porch - Material: None Main Porch - Height: None
Exterior:	N elevation - round window with radiating voussoirs and keystones. Decorated entablature with urns over first storey main window. Entablature over second storey windows. Small round windows with radiating voussoirs, above second storey windows. Decorative corbelled brick just below roofline, north elevation. Radiating voussoirs above door and second storey windows, north elevation. Corbelled brick chimney.
Interior:	Pressed metal ceiling. Skylight, round window frame, symmetrically moulded trim with corner blocks.
Environment:	Property Features: None Lot size : 33 feet by 100 feet. Situated on main street.
Condition:	Condition : Good Repair : Fair
Alterations:	Apparent Alterations and/or Additions: Other Site: Original

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Construction Started	1903/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Mercantile/Commercial: Specialty Store or Shop Residential: Double Dwelling Mercantile/Commercial: Specialty Store or Shop	1911/01/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
Gore Wah	1973/01/01

Architect:	N/A
Builder:	N/A
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	In 1912 - A. Young was noted as operating gone of the oldest business in Fort Macleod having been established here some sixteen years ago. 17 July 1903 - Brick work started on drugstore, to be occupied by A. Young. September 18 - 'Nearing comletion'... October 8 - Young moved into building. * * * 8 October 1903 - A. Young Co., located in the commerce block - keep a comprehensive stock of drugs... A circulating library is also a feature of this store. January 1906 - A. Young Co., located in the commerce block - keep a comprehensive stock of drugs... A circulating library is also a feture of this store. January 30, 1912 - A. Young sells drugstore to A.D. Ferguson. March 22, 1913 - Huge opening day sale advertized by A.D. Ferguson. * * * This structure was the fist brick commercial block on Fort Macleod's Main Street. RESOURCE A. Y. Young Drugstore ADDRESS 210 – 24 Street, Fort Macleod BUILT 1901 DESIGNATION STATUS Provincial Historic Resource HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE In 1884, the tiny community, which had grown up around the fort at Fort Macleod, was moved one mile west to avoid flooding and officially named Fort Macleod. With the growth of the cattle industry in the region, the community soon grew to some size. In 1892, the Calgary Edmonton Railway was extended there, and the community was incorporated as a Town. In 1900, the first brick business block was erected in Fort Macleod, the Grier Block on 2 nd Avenue, which housed Barnes Medical Hall Drugs. Three years later, another two story medical facility was erected on Main Street, this being the Commercial Block, owned by druggist, Dr. Arthur Y. Young. Young opened his drug store on the ground floor, while the second floor was leased to two physicians named Dr. Bruce and Dr. Forbes. To attract interest, Young introduced a circulating library in his drug store. In the years that followed, the Commercial Block remained a fixture in the commercial district of Fort Macleod. Over the years, several businesses have operated in it, including a dry goods store and a bakery. Today the structure is vacant.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
Provincial Historic Resource	2001/10/19

Register:	N/A

Links

Internet:
Alberta Register of Historic Places:	4665-0994