The story
Darius Wood built this store in 1864 facing Plum Grove Road and ran the Palatine post office from it for a decade. His 1873 newspaper advertisement offered staples and dry goods alongside the other merchants of the day: Smith Bros. stoves, N. Peck wagons, F. J. Filbert's drug store and G. H. Clayson's nursery. The store closed and the building became a residence, which it remains.
Everything that was here
- 1864–1874
Darius Wood General Store and Post OfficeGeneral Store
Palatine's post office in the 1860s was the front room of Darius Wood's store, with the postmaster living out back.
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Did you know?
Darius was the brother of Joel Wood, who laid out the village in 1855 and donated the Methodist church site in 1857.
The end year is approximate: Wood served ten years as postmaster from 1864.
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Nearby history
Palatine Masonic Lodge #314
1 N. Plum Grove Rd · 69 m away
JL's Pizza and Sports Bar
19 N Bothwell St · 110 m away
Batterman Block / Palatine Opera House
Batterman Block, NE corner Brockway St & Slade St · 126 m away
Bank on the first floor, offices on the second, opera house on the third.
Pahlman Family Home
60 E Slade St · 128 m away
Built in 1865 and held by the same family until 1948, this cottage is one of the two oldest buildings on Slade Street.
Durty Nellie's West Irish Pub
55 N. Bothwell · 137 m away
Vehe Harness & Saddlery
Brockway St at Slade St (Schierding & Matthei store) · 141 m away
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