The historic Chicago style/Queen Anne style store was built in 1891 by Charles Chase and Harry Lewis.

Kenyon's Department Store was located in "Wakefield, a village that began when William Kenyon bought 100 acres (40 ha) and donated the dirt streets.

[3] The 1891 store building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

[1] Kenyon's Department Store closed in 1996 when the last descendant retired, and the owner donated the building to South County Hospital to maintain as a medical supply store.

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