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Elk River Commercial District <br />Property Description and Significance <br />Address: 323 Jackson Street <br />PIN: Legal: <br />SHPO Inventory #: pending <br />Historic Name: Kemper Drug <br />Current Name: Kemper Drug <br />Builder / Contractor: <br />Original Owner/Tenant: <br />Architect/Source: <br />Date of Original Construction: 1961 <br />Date of Survey: March 2002 <br />Prepared by: Carole Zellie / Landscape Research <br />Photo: <br />Property Number: 5 <br />Description <br />Kemper drug is a one-story limestone clad building with a flat roof and metal coping at <br />the parapet. The first story is filled with modern display windows sheltered by a <br />brushed aluminum marquee. The corner neon sign appears to date from the original <br />construction. <br />Significance <br />Kemper Drug is locally significant as a mid -twentieth century addition to the downtown <br />commercial district. The building has a good deal of original integrity. This building <br />replaced a two-story brick structure destroyed in a fire. <br />