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Black plaque № 22479

Kyle, TX, United States

Old D. A. Young Building. First permanent store in Kyle. Builder, David Alexander Young (1841-1883), moved with parents to Texas from Tennessee, 1857. D. A. Young, one of 179 Hays County men in civil War, was wounded fighting in Woods' 32nd Cavalry. When International & Great Northern Railway came i

nto Kyle, Young and wife, Fannie Elizabeth, moved here from Mountain City. This 1881 building was given to city of Kyle in 1936 by M. G. Michaelis, sr., early-day rancher. Recorded Texas Historic Land

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